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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...grow a garden of fungus in her pocket. When she has found a crevice in which to set up housekeeping, she deposits the garden beside her, fertilizes it by breaking some of her own eggs. When the rest of the eggs hatch into worker-ants, they assume the task of tending the garden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Ant Facts | 5/4/1931 | See Source »

Following the ceremonies, the two squads took to the water, while their respective coaches C. J. Whiteside and Fred Sullivan '27, fell to their daily task of working a first crew into shape for the triple regatta on May 2, which is to take place on the Charles at the invitation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW INJURIES STILL HINDER WHITESIDE | 4/24/1931 | See Source »

Although Sullivan's task is lighter, inasmuch as his first eight is more or less definite, it lacks the smoothness which has been characteristic of his crews in past years, and individual changes have occurred during the past week in the first two boats in an attempt to correct this fault. A time trial over the Henley distance is scheduled for next Saturday in preparation for the coming regatta...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW INJURIES STILL HINDER WHITESIDE | 4/24/1931 | See Source »

...Freshman squad continues a difficult schedule by playing against the M. I. T. Freshman lacrosse squad on Friday and against Andover Saturday. Considering that none of the Freshman team has played before this year, Coach Frank Pickard '27 has been faced with a difficult task to prepare his squad for three games in one week, but he is confident of the team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TWO CRIMSON LACROSSE TEAMS TO MEET TUFTS | 4/22/1931 | See Source »

...Kimball's magnum opus is to be a complete daily weather map of the ocean - some day of the upper air. To the completion of that task he is as devoted as a painter to an unfinished canvas. That, he says, is why he has never flown. "I don't believe I ever will. I want to see this work through. I see no reason I should take the extra chance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Prophet With Honor | 4/20/1931 | See Source »

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