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These natural ionizing rays, Muller theorized, may well cause the small percentage of "spontaneous" mutations (marked inheritable deviations from the ancestral norm) in all forms of life. The success of some mutations in the struggle for existence largely accounts for evolution, which has proceeded through the ages from protozoa to lizard to man seemingly in spurts rather than at a steady pace. The spurts and lags may correspond to varying intensity of cosmic ray showers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Cause of Evolution? | 4/14/1941 | See Source »

Fran Simpson, Bryan Smith, and Norm Neagle sparked the victors' attack, scoring a total of three goals among themselves...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEACONS TOUCH CHAMPS | 11/21/1940 | See Source »

Hall's Boat: Norm Bacon, George Nichols, Bull Reece, Tony Villo, Al Anderson, Bill Shaw, Morris Gray, and Jim Ducey...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crews Ring Down Curtain on Rowing Season | 11/7/1940 | See Source »

...Akron lawyer he refused to try to keep-up-with-the-Joneses. As counsel and then president of Commonwealth & Southern Corp. he refused to conform to the established slick norm of utilitycoons. He carried that spirit into his battle with the Government over TVA; his old talent for trouble sought out what he considered the biggest enemy of his business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: The Issue | 10/21/1940 | See Source »

...finalists are top-seeded A1 Everts, who continued his string of straight victories by defeating third-seeded Norm Dalrymple 6-3, 6-1, and unseeded Dart Harvey, who beat Orme Wilson in a prolonged three-set match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvey, Everts to Play Finals In College Tennis Tourney | 10/19/1940 | See Source »

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