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...parasite? Two years ago, Dr. Barlow decided on a sacrificial investigation. Infecting himself with Egyptian flukes (220 of them, by a count of stings), he hastened to Washington, urged Public Health Service officials to let him turn his schistosomes loose in snail-populated waters to see whether they could thrive in the U.S. Officials recoiled in horror, told him to stick to the laboratory...
...club with a new coach and personnel who haven't played together for any length of time, the Varsity turned in a fairly good performance. Whether it will be good enough to thrive against Ivy League competitors, most of whom are regarded as topflight, remains to be seen...
...shot looked backwards. On one three-quarter-inch putt last week, he went through all the footwork and club-positioning that he used on a ten-footer. After a match, he usually retired to Maniac Hill (the practice range) to work on some minor flaw. Ben Hojan seemed to thrive on tension and hard work...
...present document was foisted on the student body by the Student Council in 1936, was accepted by 17 members of that year's Council and by no one else, and has managed to thrive on college-wide indifference and slothfulness ever since. A student body that endows its governing organization with $5000 per year, that relies on this body for its sole representation before the Administration of the University, has accepted Council after Council at face value without realizing that this group unilaterally has assumed existence, power, and rules. If there are faults in the organization, if there are unhealthy...
...among the best milch cattle in India, although their production, averaging 2,000 Ibs. a year, is poor by U.S. standards (5,800 Ibs. average). But the Bureau of Animal Industry hopes to develop eventually a Sindhi-Jersey cross which will combine good milking qualities with ability to thrive and flourish in hot climates...