Word: naturale
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When DDT was first sprayed on large areas to kill insect pests, some naturalists issued grisly warnings that the poison would "upset the balance of nature" causing all sorts of unpredictable havoc. It was better, they argued, to pass up DDT and let natural balances rule the swamps and forests...
Insect Irruptions. Hoffmann & Linduska want no one to think that DDT is foolproof. If used incorrectly, they concede that it can cause major trouble Heavy doses (5 lbs. or more per acre) might poison birds and small mammals and cause insect "irruptions." Aphids (plant lice) sometimes multiply disastrously when too...
The Victory of Springtime. A U.S. correspondent describes how De Lattre held briefings: "He would stride up & down, describing every move with his delicate hands, drawing himself up on tiptoe, clenching his fists and shivering or mopping his brow to express cold or heat." He was moody. An American who...
Back from Germany in 1942 with doctorates in natural science and chemistry, Serrano taught at Guatemala City's San Carlos University and spent his spare time studying ixbut. Last week he had finished a 14-month series of experiments (in which Guatemala physicians cooperated) under contract for Merck & Co...
It is not the sort of role that Rudolph Valentino, the greatest movie lover of them all, would have enjoyed. The role: an immigrant Italian tango-dancer rises from a gardener's job in Manhattan's Central Park to the giddiest heights of Hollywood stardom, and then dies...