Word: mosquitoe
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...soon developed that Japanese B is transmitted to humans by the bite of a mosquito, Culex tritaeniorhynchus. Only the females are venomous bloodsuckers; the gentle males stick to flower nectar. All well and good, but mosquitoes disappear in winter. Where did they fill up with encephalitis virus in the early summer to pump it into humans? The answer was an animal, no doubt, with seasonal habits-one easily infected with the virus but not made seriously ill or killed by it. That pointed to young animals, which would promptly develop antibodies. The only creatures that fitted these specifications were birds...
...past few months, backed by a number of Communist-backed newspapers called the "mosquito" press, the Reds have laid their fire on higher ground: the new Nanyang University that its chancellor, Author Lin Yutang (The Importance of Living), had dreamed of building into the intellectual mecca of the millions of free Chinese in Southeast Asia (TIME, Aug. 16). Day after day, Lin was singled out for special attack in the press; he received an anonymous threat to his life, was forced to go about the city with a police bodyguard. This month, when Lin finally resigned, ostensibly because...
...English government also claims that Cyprus has been dependent on it for economic aid, and that continued support is necessary. But the Cypriots are little impressed by Britain's mosquito killing program and tree planting; they want freedom. All the arguments launched by the British, in fact, have been dashed against the rock of Cyprus' national sentiment...
...explosion bursts the boilers). When Eddie was judged ready, the Germans strapped ?2,000 on his back, fitted him out with an English-made suit, shoes, detonators, wireless set, and an identity card salvaged from the dead of Dieppe. His mission: to blow up the De Havilland factory making Mosquito bombers. Von Rundstedt himself wished him godspeed...
Stung. In Los Angeles, Louis Gueret, arrested for burglary, told police that he had been thinking of robbing a nearby auto agency one evening, and "when a mosquito woke me up about 3 o'clock in the morning, I decided to get the job done...