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Word: rod (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...females, too, were susceptible. They followed a red dummy as if it were a male. When a female was in the nest, Professor Tinbergen gently poked her abdomen with the tip of a glass rod. She laid her eggs willingly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Not So Smart | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...Technicolor pajamas. The studio seems to have intended making just another Yvonne de Carlo picture. But Scripters D. D. Beauchamp and William Bowers somehow got inspired by a logging war and turned out a trim screenplay; they even went so far as to write some good dialogue. Rough-hewn Rod Cameron turns in a smooth-sawn performance as a lumberjack, and Newcomer Helena Carter is expert as the girl who takes Rod away from his fancy lady (Miss De Carlo). Also starred is a redwood tree that saves plenty of money-and other redwood trees -by taking the same beautiful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, May 24, 1948 | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

This fellow Unus, new to the Circus this year, possesses a remarkable right forefinger which he combines with a remarkable sense of balance to perpetrate some strange and wondrous feats. To be precise, he places his right forefinger on a globe-shaped object which is attached by a rod to a table that stands about three feet above the ground. On his right forefinger Unus then proceeds to stand. This is the basic formation, but it has a number of variations, the final and most terrifyingly delightful one taking place at a considerably greater distance from the ground, and involving...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Circusgoer | 5/12/1948 | See Source »

...University skiing team, led by Gerry Genn and Rod Nordblom, christied its way into fourth place in the third annual Harvard Invitation Glant Slalom held Saturday afternoon at Big Bromley...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Fourth in Invitation Skiing | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

Gerry Genn, who led the team with a seventh place, negotiated the 37 gate, three-quarter mile course in 179.9 seconds, fifteen seconds behind leader Don Henderson of Middlebury. Rod Nordblom captured nineteenth place with...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Fourth in Invitation Skiing | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

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