Word: select
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...produce the hoped-for result: a repellent based on mosquito psychology. But they had confirmed one popular theory: mosquitoes like some people better than others. The reason was still a mystery, except for the observation that mosquitoes dislike tough, hairy skins. Given a wide choice, they select a broad expanse of hairless human back...
...reasons were given by the committee for this decision. The first was the impracticability of holding elections among Freshmen unfamiliar with each other and therefor lacking a basis on which to select representatives...
...judged by a committee comprised of James M. Carpenter '37, instructor in Fine Arts; Kenneth J. Conant '15, professor of Architecture; Frederick B. Deknatel, associate professor of Fine Arts; and Arthur Pope '01, professor of Fine Arts and acting director of the Fogg Art Museum. The board will select the best work from all houses showing in the Fogg Museum...
Frankly admitting that the present confusion in Class lines made the ordinary constitutional procedure impractical, the Council accepted the proposal of its President, Levin H. Campbell '48, to select two members from each House and the commuter group in addition to four Council members...
...scale of moving, expected to be small, is dependent upon openings in the Houses uncovered by rooming officials, who are now tabulating registration figures. The master of the House in which a vacancy occurs will select a man from the Yard, Dudley, or Claverley to fill it. A Dudley undergraduate will then be transferred to the new vacancy so that a graduate student can take his place...