Word: bites
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Visiting hunters, Earle among them . . . don fantastic costumes intended to lull the bustard into believing that nothing more harmful than a peasant is in the neighborhood. . . . Now a peasant, when he would like a bite of bustard on a Sunday, goes into a field, grabs one by the tail, wrings its neck and that's all there is to it. They don't go out as if they were on their way to a fancy-dress ball." The Democratic Philadelphia Record answered in an editorial gloweringly entitled: "Speaking of Bustards...
Everything Hums. The word "solunar" was coined by Knight from the Latin names for sun and moon. Scientists can scoff, but he believes-and several thousand sportsmen who follow his tables will swear-that at certain times of day all nature seems to wake up. Fish bite, ducks and pheasants abound, field dogs are alert and easy to train, and even human beings suddenly feel good for no apparent reason. The solunar tables chart the times of day when everything starts to hum. Says Knight: "We don't know what causes that activity, but it applies to all life...
...Bite. In Indianapolis, Landlady Esther Lemons lispingly complained to police that a tenant had moved out with bag, baggage and a set of teeth (lowers) that she had been generous enough to lend...
...film is also uncommonly well acted. Van Heflin puts a lot of bite into his work; Newcomer Geraldine Brooks has looks, talent and vitality. Miss Crawford, though she is not quite up to her hardest scenes, is generally excellent, performing with the passion and intelligence of an actress who is not content with just one Oscar. In fact, the weaknesses in this unusual movie do not greatly matter beside the fact that a lot of people who have a lot to give are giving it all they...
Shtykov tells this story on himself: "When I was a boy, I was known as the worst boy in town. I used to bite people. One day my old grandmother was sitting weaving a sandal. Suddenly I bit her. She threw me over her knees and beat me with the sandal until my backside ran red with blood. Then I never bit anybody any more. I became the best boy in town...