Word: spore
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...fruit flies, which breed a new generation every three weeks. Yeast can produce a new generation in as little as 20 minutes. Yeast cells, usually having no sex, reproduce simply by splitting in two. Under certain conditions yeast develops sexual characteristics and, like other plants, reproduces by means of spores. The Lindegrens cultivated yeast with spores, opened the spore sacs and cross-fertilized them, in this way bred thousands of new varieties of yeast. Finally, they got some to the king's taste...
HENRY MAXWELL went around school the entire day before he noticed that someone had changed his name tag to "RIN TIN TIN". . . would that have made his "wolfing" legitimate? . . . and speaking of women. . . Platoon Seven of Charlie lost two more to the fair sex when CHARLEY RITT and BOB SPORE tied the knot to gals named "HELEN". . . any way, its one method of getting a leave...
...Bush (née Spore) was born near Bay City, Mich. She is a sister of the late U.S. Navy Commander James S. Spore, onetime Governor of Guam. In her time she has practiced dentistry, and as a lavish Manhattan charitarian she became known as "The Angel of the Bowery...
Pasteurization will not satisfy Dr. Soper. If it is careless, tubercle bacilli survive (TIME, Jan. 4). He gives instances when even careful pasteurization (about 144° F. for 30 minutes) did not kill all harmful bacteria. Among those left alive: streptococci involved in some poliomyelitis epidemics, spore-forming organisms (chiefly intestinal bacteria of cattle, capable of causing diarrhea in infants), acidophilus and pneumococci-like organisms...
Though the gods drank nectar, pollen would have been far better for them: pollen (which is a male reproductive spore) is a startlingly rich source of proteins and fats, contains carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals. This discovery was announced last week by James I. Hambleton, chief U.S. apiarist at Beltsville, Md. Apiarist Hambleton and co-workers have invented a trap to collect pollen by the ton: a screen doorstep in front of a beehive, which brushes pollen off the hairy legs of bees and drops it into a box below. As much as 70 lb. of pollen can be gathered each...