Word: beast
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...rash of hole digging, which you gleefully report, looks like moderate response to your efforts at creating an American war spirit. This is the old "Beast of Berlin" routine all over again...
...external use against muscle aches and the "rheumatiz," there were liniments galore. Merchant's Gargling Oil, not to be gargled, was one. Like Pratt's Healing Ointment, it was "for Man and Beast." Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Liniment was promoted by the slaughter of hundreds of rattlesnakes at the Chicago World's Fair, but contained no rattlesnake oil. "Used external only," it was for "rheumatism, neuralgia, sciatica, lame back, lumbago, contracted muscles, frost bites, chill blains, bruises, and sore throat...
...warnings, there are still a few hundred unfortunate run-ins each year with the bears that roam the parks. Animal lovers simply do not believe that it is dangerous to feed the bears, often forget that leaving food or candy in a tent is an outright invitation to any beast within sniffing distance. Trouble is, they look so cute, and they seem to be smiling a happy welcome to visitors-but too few campers realize that a bear hardly ever smiles: he just looks that way all the time, even when he is rummaging through a garbage can or swatting...
Like a dumb beast in a show...
...better than a beast...