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Word: washes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Yakima, Wash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 12, 1948 | 4/12/1948 | See Source »

...George Wash. 14, Varsity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Easter Eggs | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

...Batted for Roche in ninth R H E G. Wash 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 x--14 15 2 Harvard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Errors Hurt Nine In 14-10 Loss to Geo. Washington | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

Neither Traps nor Poison. Rats never wash, says Specialist Nicholes, and seem to delight in filth. They are generally smelly, covered with running sores, fleas and lice. In a pinch they will eat their own young-or other rats caught in traps. But when there is food, a rat somehow contrives to inform his friends, and shares generously. They never lay up food for emergencies, trusting their victim, man, to do it for them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: How to Outlive the Human Race | 3/29/1948 | See Source »

Some up-to-date orchardists attempt to solve the problem by pinch-hitting for the bees. They collect pollen of an acceptable type and dust it from airplanes upon the choosy flowers. Orchardman Leo C. Antles of Wenatchee, Wash, prefers the natural way. He has just acquired a patent on a persuasive device. He puts the proper pollen in a little container (U.S. Patent 2,435,951) and attaches it to the beehive. The bees, forced to struggle through the Antles gadget on their way to work, carry to the flowers exactly the kind of pollen that the pistils need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Patent 2,435,951 | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

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