Word: bites
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...political interviews; 4) Mrs. Newton had fallen from her horse into the Rapidan. The only story that Secretary Joslin branded as untrue was one to the effect that a Hoover wolfhound bit a Marine guard and the President, patting the animal's head, remarked: "Nice doggie! Now go bite General [Smedley Darlington] Butler...
...favor briefly and are discontinued, replaced. Last year Nabisco withdrew 150 varieties, sent out a similar number of new ones. The problems involved are many in addition to those of cooking. A biscuit must be attractive in appearance so that the ultimate consumer will feel a definite urge to bite it. It must be tasty so that he will not feel disappointed. And if possible it should create an urge to eat more. An example of the latter quality is found in the Bonny Tart, invented recently by an Indiana salesman. The Bonny Tart is filled with grape jelly...
...David Garnett's books a Meaning lurks around the corner, but it will not bite you, it is muzzled, and it will not show its head unless you whistle for it. The Grasshoppers Come begins and ends with a description of the migratory habits of grasshoppers or locusts; the story is about airplanes, a long-distance flight...
...lipped parochial ambition. The Indian, being noble, shot himself next day. Nasa was born and grew up thinking little about her parentage, feeling much about herself. Her legal father prospered in railroads, enjoyed giving her every advantage. But even as a schoolgirl Nasa had a tendency to scratch and bite, see red instead of rosy. When she married, too young, it was the wrong man: a gambler, a roué, diseased. To her family Nasa put up a falsetto front, but when her husband divorced her about the time the U. S. declared war on Germany, she went to Manhattan...
...Alexandria, Egypt, a Mrs. Stock-Givan called on a new neighbor. As she entered the gate, a fierce looking wolfhound greeted her. She called out: "I'm afraid your dog is going to bite...