Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Professor Tinbergen concludes that breeding sticklebacks do not see their mates as fish of the other sex. The male sees only an egg-distended shape; later he smells fresh eggs. The female sees a flash of red belly; later she feels a prodding. They sense little more of each other...
...Problem of Cold. Ex-Gunner Claxton also inspected artillery pieces which had been fired successfully in Churchill's cold, then stored for the rest of the winter by "cocooning" them with a plastic sprayed over canvas. They had come through in good shape. But artillerymen still have their troubles. Braking spades on gun carriages snap off on the first recoil; in extreme cold some explosives become unstable and are either dangerous to handle or hard to fire. Americans and Canadians, working in parallel experiments, are still trying to figure the best way to keep engine oils fluid...
Occasional Grunts. Being painted by John can be a little unnerving. For a while, he impales his sitter firmly with piercing blue eyes, grunting occasionally and barely touching the canvas. As the idea of the painting takes shape in his mind, his mood lightens and he may even begin to chat as he slashes away at the canvas. But if things go too swiftly and too well, he worries ("I'm nothing but a bloody, glib-"), and embarks on an endless and exhausting series of changes which may well ruin the picture...
Three days later, help came from CAB. It granted T.W.A. a 110% boost in its foreign mail pay to $6,300,000 a year, retroactive to Jan. i. T.W.A. thus got $1,100,000, exactly what it needed to shoo the wolf away. But T.W.A. was in such bad shape that this was no guarantee that the wolf would stay shooed for long...
...college championships: Sam Felton and John Thorndike in the 16-pound and polevaulters Owen Torrey and Bill Lawrence. Felton, the hammer favorite, thinks he'll have to throw about 185 feet to beat Jim Burnham of Dartmouth and Maine's Marsanskis. Final exams have prevented him from getting into shape, though. His teammate, Thorndike, may take fourth or fifth. Felton may also place in the discus...