Word: weeded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nine-boat race which took place on a one-mile course, was won by a crew consisting of seven Freshmen and stroked by Dick Emmet. With Gus Merwin as their only Varsity regular, the crew rowed the course in 5:19, beating a crew stroked by Oreu Weed, with only six feet to spare...
Meanwhile an army of 4,000 men has for several weeks been uprooting ragweed in New York City, where it is now a legal offense to let the weed grow. Similar campaigns are under way in other towns...
...Weed Makes Good
Also helpful in accident prevention are the new elaborate "screening" tests given candidates at induction and preflight centers. A series of 21 physical, mental and mechanical examinations weed out a high percentage of men who would be apt to crash...
...15th-Century Italian sculpture, medieval Gothic tapestries, ceramics and an assortment of furniture equaled only in the Rockefeller and Hamilton Rice collections. The late John L. Severance had done his picking & choosing with an eye to the needs of the Cleveland museum, so the museum found little to weed out. Cleveland now has one of the best-balanced and richest art collections to be found in any museum in the Middle West...