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Last week, the Navy's Medical Research Institute at Bethesda, Md. announced that it had given No. 311 as thorough and exhaustive a going-over as any pig ever had. Now grown to a hulking 600-pounder, she will live out her days at Washington's National Zoological Park. Then the Navy medics want the carcass for an autopsy, just in case they have missed something. Pig No. 311 appears to be normal in every way except one: she is sterile. Was this the A-bomb's fault? Said a Navy spokesman cagily: ". . . Not necessarily . . . Ordinarily, enough...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: This Little Pig Came Home | 4/11/1949 | See Source »

Dolph Samborski, director of intramurals who conducted the tournament, dubbed freshmen 155-pounder Tom Johnson, 175-pounder Bill Leeds, and 191-pounder George Sommaripa "uncrowned champions," since no opposition could be located for them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans Clean Up in Mat Tourney | 3/17/1949 | See Source »

...other House matches, Conrad Brevick, Winthrop 128-pounder, pinned teammate Armand Fabella in the second period. In the 136-pound class, varsity wrestling manager Moe Richardson (Winthrop) decisioned Dave Shapiro, who wrestled at 145 in the Columbia match. The score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Puritans Clean Up in Mat Tourney | 3/17/1949 | See Source »

...Bierrie of Leverett waged the most spectacular battle of the afternoon when he pinned 155-pounder R. Harrington of Eliot in a cradle hold...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: House, Freshman Wrestlers Finish Preliminaries Today | 3/15/1949 | See Source »

Sawyer, former star wrestler at And-over, has been undefeated in competition this year, grappling at 145 and 155 pounds for Coach John Chaffee's team. He got Harvard's only points in the Brown match with a pin of the Bruin 145-pounder and also pinned the Andover captain, although the Yardlings lost the match...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Wrestlers Elect Sawyer Captain | 3/3/1949 | See Source »

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