Word: weighting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...thighs) doubled against the tibiae (shins)," rears up and takes off with a velocity of about 10 ft. per second. The jumping muscle of the grasshopper, which weighs only one twenty-fifth of a gram, develops "the astounding power of some 20,000 grams per gram of its own weight," or ten times the power of human muscles working at top speed. Says Hoyle: "The only known muscles in the whole animal world that equal this power are the shell-closing muscles of the clam-but the grasshopper's muscles work far more rapidly...
...weep. Said a doubter: "I took the statue from the wall and found the wall behind it dry. I unscrewed the statue from its base and thoroughly dried it. Then two tears, like pearls, began to appear in the eyes of the Madonna." The Syracuse police force added its weight to the evidence. When the figure was removed to headquarters, its tears were said to have wet the tunic of the policeman who carried it. Some were caught in a vial, analyzed chemically, identified as human tears...
Born. To Ann Blyth, 29, cinemactress (The Helen Morgan Story), and Dr. James McNulty, 39, Los Angeles obstetrician, brother of Singer Dennis Day: a third child, second daughter; in Los Angeles. Name: Kathleen Mary. Weight...
...entire game was discarded by officials when they discovered that Nathan Pusey (weighing 167) was at left half. Bundy refuses an offer from the Detroit Lions. The surprise of the season comes when Harvard upsets Yale 27-6 with the help of an all-new squad with an average weight of 247, Professor Nash denies that he grew them...
...cattle industry has long looked for a way to soothe cattle on the way to market. Distraught cattle pick fights with their neighbors, fret off as much as 10% of their valuable weight during the journey, cost the industry up to $1 billion a year. Shot full of Jen-Sal's tranquilizer, a steer will put up with almost anything for as long as three days, will walk up the abattoir healthy and hefty...