Word: alsatian
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...Dada Movement was founded in the Cafe Voltaire in Zurich, Switzerland in 1916 by a group of five literati; two Germans, two Rumanians and an Alsatian. The word, Dada (which is apparently a child's name for a hobby horse) was first applied by this group to one of the female singers in derision, and afterwards to a movement that derided the contemporary arts. Later the centre of the movement was shifted by Tristan Tzara, one of the founders, to Paris where it became united with a French movement of a somewhat similar nature...
...occupation of the Ruhr, Deputy Blum's Socialism is mild, his attitude often conciliatory. By origin Deputy Blum is an Alsatian Jew. With famed French Socialist Jean Jaures he had an active part in the Dreyfus case...
...bones are found intermingled with those of the extinct giant kangaroo and giant wombat. Bitter are the scientific disputes whether the dingo is really indigenous to Australia or whether it was brought there by prehistoric man from Malaya. More important than academic wrangles is the problem of recently imported Alsatian Shepherd dogs. It is claimed that they kill sheep, so the Alsatians must go. The mere possibility that they might grow too fond of the dingo, produce offspring combining the intelligence of the Alsatian with the speed and ferocity of the dingo fills sheep growers with alarm...
...Melbourne Alsatian Club and the Queensland Shepherd Dog Association fought a hard fight for their favorite animal.* The office of the Minister for Agriculture and Stock in Queensland, has been snowed under with petitions, photographs and affidavits in defense of the amiability of Alsatians. Most of all Mr. Smith's office was inundated with pictures of famed Cinema Dog Rin-Tin-Tin. But, famed though he is for docility and discretion, not even Rin-Tin-Tin could save his brothers and sisters in Dingoland...
...year ago in Britain the sheep-worrying propensities of Alsatian Shepherds were being bitterly discussed. On the side of the Alsatians was Edward of Wales. Temporarily deserting Cora the Cairn terrier (TIME, June 3), he bought an Alsatian as a gesture of confidence in the breed...