Word: petri
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lining up possible starters for the 10,000 metre distance, Nurmi and Ritola of Finland and Wide and Ohm of Sweden appear to Coach Farrell to outrank anything America can offer. With Petri of Germany, who has done 32 minutes flat for the 10,000 metres, Beddarl of France, rated at 32.18 for the same distance, and Matilainen of Finland, the European contenders seem to have clinched most of the places in this event. Against this array of consistent performers America will probably send Osif, the former Haskell Indian School runner, Henigan of the Boston Athletic Association, and Richardson...
...small puff into four equal parts, placed one part in a known amount of sterile water and let it remain for a short time to dislodge the bacteria. Then varying amounts of the water were carefully transferred to sterile glass plates with covers-petri dishes, we call them in the laboratory-and a proper amount of culture media, or food supply for bacteria, added...
Round and round they went; McNamara took the lead, held it for hours. Then, out of a jam of swirling pedals, Coburn and Petri flashed, lapped the field, replaced McNamara. The semihysterical incidents that accompany all endurance contests began to crop up. Three riders were arrested, charged with being "public nuisances." They hurried to court, while their partners kept their places in the flying scrum. A magistrate quite properly dismissed the case...