Word: rana
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...scientific principles, but was an improved application of old ones. Tests using rabbits are slow, may take two days; frogs or toads imported from South America or South Africa are expensive ($4 to $10 apiece). Urine from a pregnant woman injected into a common male leopard frog (Rana pipiens) causes emission of spermatozoa. The test has also proved valuable for finding out whether, in doubtful cases, a miscarriage is inevitable. The test can be done in two hours, in a doctor's office, and is 98% accurate...
Last week, for the first time in history, a Nepalese ventured officially into the Western Hemisphere. He was Commanding General Kaiser Sham Shere Jung Bahadur Rana, who came to Washington to present his credentials as Nepal's first Minister Plenipotentiary...
Gear for the Rana. The Rana of Koti, however, rode in a sedan chair, as befitted the ruler of the Indian state in which the grove of Sipi is situated. To make the rural expedition bearable for the Rana and his guests, the princes from neighboring hill states, an enormous amount of paraphernalia had been carried over mountains by mule and coolie. This included three sofas, a dozen overstuffed chairs, 100 straight chairs, tents, doormats, 50 small tables complete with luncheon service, and two Victorian hatracks...
Despite all these comforts, the Rana, glumly watching the program of dancing and drumbeating, looked rather like a man who would have felt more at home in a 52nd Street nightclub. At one point he abruptly walked out on a hill woman who was trying to entertain him with a peasant love song, and stood moodily under a pine tree, twirling his waxed mustache until she was removed...
Explaining the Rana's distraction, his adviser confided that rulers of the 26 Simla hill states are deeply concerned these days over their future in the new India. To forestall any territorial demands by the powerful neighboring state of Patiala, he said, the rulers are considering a plan for federation...