Word: beasting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last fortnight attendants at the Thompson Park Zoo, Watertown, N. Y., heard the screams of a man, the roars of an angry bear. Rushing to the bear cage, they at first saw no man, no beast. Then they perceived protruding from a cave in the rear of the cage, a man's feet...
Armed with pencil and paper Dr. Odell Shepard has been on a big game hunt. His search led him into no forests but into libraries, museums. Starting after the unicorn which, during 23 centuries, has been variously described as a fierce beast, combining the worst features of a rhinoceros -and a wild ass, and as a gentle little creature, the symbol of purity, Dr. Shepard discovered yet another version. His animal, a vague, almost holy myth comes c'oser to the heraldic unicorn which adorns the coat-of-arms of British rulers. This animal, kind, brave and beautiful...
Hunting Brazilian tigers as practiced by Alexander Siemel requires a few courageous mongrel dogs, a high-powered rifle with a bayonet attached or a six-foot spear. The dogs trail the tiger. If they tree it, Hunter Siemel shoots it through the head. (If shot through the heart, the beasts sometimes live long enough to claw a dog to death.) If the dogs run a tiger into a cave, Hunter Siemel goes in after it, spear or bayonet in hand. That, he says-for he is a sportsman as well as a businessman-is the finest way to kill...
...successfully in England in spite of unfavorable comment from George Bernard Shaw. For a long time he had alternated cinemas with his plays. Four years ago he went to Holly wood permanently. He takes pleasure in insulting film magnates and commenting mockingly on their methods. Cast in The Sea Beast, made from Herman Melville's Moby Dick, he said: "Hollywood will have to invent a love-interest. Should I fall in love with the whale?" Dolores Costello was cast with him. He married her. He often forgets to shave, has worn the same hat ever since arriving in Hollywood...
...Very simply for. such an astounding creature. I shall state in my billing: 'Biggest born beast of the briny. Bearded. Booms like a bittern. Brutal beak. Bulkiest behemoth believable...