Word: mosaicism
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...believe Louisiana sugar . . . should be put out of business all at once. That would be hard on human rights. . . ." Four years ago the sugar parish of Assumption voted for Landon.) Scholarly, weather-beaten Planter David Washington Pipes, venerated in the sugar country because he grew the cane which routed mosaic disease (as Wallace made his reputation in the corn belt by helping develop hybrid corn), bolted to Willkie, ran for Congress on the Republican ticket, and his regular Democratic opponent withdrew in his favor...
...mumps, chicken pox, influenza, encephalitis (sleeping sickness), infantile paralysis. The animals' viruses bring foot-and-mouth disease, distemper, swine fever, parrot fever, pox diseases of birds. Fish and insects are also attacked by viruses, and no fewer than 135 plant-virus diseases have been described. Most prevalent: tobacco mosaic disease, potato leaf roll, sugar beet curly top. Viruses flourish only in living tissues, cannot be cultured in test tubes...
...Viruses may be spread by air, wind, moisture droplets, insects. Many viruses, like that of tobacco mosaic, can be dried out, yet retain their potency for many years. Their operations are exceedingly delicate. King Edward potatoes, for example, are all infected with virus, but are immune to it. When King Edward plants are grafted on to other potatoes, they...
Like Gaul, U. S. Jewry is divided into three parts: Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. Orthodox Jews are the fundamentalists, who observe intact the Mosaic code and dietary regulations. Reform Jews are the modernists, who largely disregard the old traditions, believe in religious evolution. The Conservatives are middle-of-the-roaders. Last week, with the future of Jewry in Europe darker than ever, two of these U. S. branches met in Michigan for rabbinical conferences, voiced clearly what was troubling Zion in the world's No. 1 Jewish country. At-Charlevoix, 130 members of the Central Conference of American Rabbis...
...away at a huge granite head of Leonardo, stands Sculptor Fred Olmsted. Helen Forbes works on an egg tempera. Dudley Carter, ex-logger and machinist, hews away mightily on 20-foot redwood sculptures with a double-bitted ax. German-born Herman Volz and 16 assistants work on a huge mosaic. All around the hall, busy as mud-daubers, miscellaneous painters, sculptors, weavers, pottery workers get on with their jobs while the visitors watch...