Word: beasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Until further notice, TIME will forward to Ethel Schroeder of Lyndhurst, N. J., donor of $50 toward the koala's welfare, all suggestions and contributions for the little beast's relief...
...stands for ignorance of Latin. Now concentrators in biochemistry, who have knocked off Latin CP, whatever it is, are presented with the Bachelor of Arts degree, while men in the fine arts are sent every now and then into this workaday world squirming under the mark of the beast of the laboratories...
...through the Australian bush, slaughtered koalas by tens of thousands, shipped their hides off to the U. S. to be made into cheap fur coats or women's bags, belts and shoes. After a time Australia declared a permanent closed season on koalas, but by then the little beast was almost extinct...
...characteristics are great speed, ferocious courage, dagger-sharp tusks which can rip a dog or man to tatters. Tennessee mountaineers rate them more dangerous than bears. A Cherokee Forest ranger lately failed to stop one with ten bullets, escaped with his life only because his dog diverted the charging beast...
...always have the greatest difficulty in getting her away from the window of an art dealer's shop. She remains there with her nose glued to the glass rather like a child looking into a tuck shop." ¶To the surprise of Welshmen, the dragon passant, emblematic beast of Wales, was seen to have vanished last week along with the three "Prince of Wales" feathers from the arms of the Duchy of Cornwall, as new emblems designed by the College of Arms were submitted for the approval of King Edward...