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- <text id=91TT0848>
- <title>
- Apr. 22, 1991: American Notes:Entomology
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1991
- Apr. 22, 1991 Nancy Reagan:Is She THAT Bad?
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- NATION, Page 33
- American Notes
- ENTOMOLOGY
- A Day at The Races
- </hdr><body>
- <p> Oddsmakers favored Hot to Trot II, but Plain Disgusting and
- Fluttering Antenna were far from long shots. The competing
- cockroaches were entrants in Bug Bowl 1991, an event staged last
- week at Purdue University to promote understanding of one of the
- most reviled insects. Says Thomas Turpin, a research
- entomologist: "We build houses, they move in and feed on the
- stuff that falls from the table."
- </p>
- <p> One hundred fifty fans watched the first running of the
- Giganteus Stakes. The contestants, all 3-in.-long tropical
- species, sped along the track. In a photo finish, Hot to Trot
- II won the cup by a labrum.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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