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Word: wolfs (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stupid Wolf. Among the arachnids which do not make webs are the "wolf spiders" or hunters, which live in little parapets like watchtowers, from which they leap forth and run down their prey by sheer speed. This group includes the stupid Lycosa, which, when deprived of her cocoon containing young, will accept a cork ball of the same shape and fondle it tenderly. There is also the jumping spider, which stalks her prey like a cat, and pounces when in range. The jumping spider has the best eyesight of all arachnids, with four of her eight eyes on the flattened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Clever Arachnids | 7/3/1950 | See Source »

Brings Out Wolf...

Author: By Edward J. Coughlin, | Title: 7 Displaced Persons End 1st Year | 6/22/1950 | See Source »

James Edward Haar '50, Music; Wolfgang William Hallo '49, History; Francis Russell Hart, 3d '50, English; Donald Grant Hitchings '48, Economics; Charles Eric Ho '50, Chemistry; Anatol Wolf Holt '50, Mathematics; Milton Forrest Hughes '50, English; Herbert Samuel Hurwitz '50, Biology; Humphrey Wynne Johnson '50, Comp. Phil. & Rom. Languages; David Llewellyn Jones '50, English; John Lord Kice '50, Chemistry; William Aloys Klemperer '50, Chemistry; Allen Eugene Kline '50, Economics; Walter Emery Klingenasmith '50, Biology; Karl George Kohn '48, Music...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brooks Addresses 94 New PBK Members | 6/20/1950 | See Source »

Cinemactress Ann ("The Oomph Girl") Sheridan decided that "women have gone to extremes in nudity . . ." Unless the girls "do something about it," she warned, "the wolf whistle will soon be a thing of the past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 19, 1950 | 6/19/1950 | See Source »

...America seems to have Communism on the brain. In particular, the Catholics of America seem to have a fixation on this subject." Catholics must be acutely conscious of the Communist danger to the world, says Father Heenan, but: "There is such a thing as crying 'Wolf!' too often...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Dominant Theme | 6/12/1950 | See Source »

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