Word: ated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hartford City. Ind.. a constable found a fox terrier reeling and lurching along the street. He followed it to the home of one Paul Garwood. whom he arrested for liquor law violation. Paul Garwood's fox terrier ate mash, was an habitual toper...
...Duke of Westminster at Envermeu, France to hunt wild boar. Presently a boar broke cover, but there was no chase. The boar charged the comedian. When they were 100 ft. apart, someone else in the party brought the beast down with a rifle-bullet. That night Mr. Chaplin ate boar, declaring he liked it better on the platter than on the hoof. Next day, after several sessions with a masseur to ease limbs strained by his perilous riding, he cancelled a trip to the Grand National Steeplechase (see p. 24). Said he: "I feel that the mere sight of horses...
...list of unsung heroes, such as the man who first ate a spear of asparagus, the Vagabond would like to add the name of that worthy who yesterday braving the derisive glances of passers-by and all unmindful of the blustering west wind, pushed a lawn-mower resolutely across the sodden greensward of Dunster House. A week of balmy weather, a brace of robins, a succession of hour exams, these are the signs which are supposed to usher in the springtime season, but the Vagabond has too often been misled by such fickle prophets in the past. With a rather...
...platonic relation, and most of Gaudier's letters in this book bear him out. After reading them you can believe it. Sophie was a neurotic, Henri a genius (super-neurotic). They had a hard time in other ways too. Sophie cooked whatever food there was on Monday, they ate it cold the rest of the week. They were both nearly always ill, largely from undernourishment. Their lodgings were always depressing, dirty. Sometimes Sophie put cotton in her ears, sat down facing the wall, shut her eyes and sang at the top of her voice to drown out the scene...
Visiting a county fair on an island off the west coast of Florida, Henry Ford was served fish for dinner. He ate, thirsted, demanded: "Is there any water around here...