Word: bloodhounded
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...LARSEN, 26, U.S. champion, a moody, often bad-mannered lefthander who relies on pinpoint volleys, dogged retrieving and the endurance of a bloodhound...
...heavy Fair Dealer. She beat out dapper, conservative Manchester Boddy, publisher of the Los Angeles Daily News. But winning in November would not be so easy. Her Republican opponent will be Congressman Richard Nixon, 37, a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, and best known for his bloodhound pursuit of Alger Hiss. On the basis of their total primary votes, Congressman Nixon appeared to be a little out ahead of Congresswoman Douglas...
...transformed into an animal kingdom, a dog fancier would have a wonderful time typecasting members of Congress. In both houses it would be easy to spot such specimens as the mournful mastiff, the excitable spitz, the busy dachshund with his close-set lawyer's eyes, the bloodhound with his air of sad preoccupation. Furthermore, there is an engaging and familiar quality about the aimless circling, the friendly tail-wagging, the snoozing and occasional fang-baring which take place on the floor...
...ever looked less like a master criminal than Hugo Hedin. He was a tall, stooped man with a mournful, bloodhound face and a shambling walk. He wore nondescript clothes, and had no friends. He talked hesitantly, with a Swedish accent. His lungs were weak and so was his stomach; he had a hypochondriac's love of pills. He spent a great deal of time in honest toil-he was a carpenter, a bricklayer, a plasterer, an upholsterer and a camera mechanic. He was also very poor...
...fifth story, A Deal in Cotton (a wild yarn, all fever and cannibals, about an attempt to raise cotton in Africa), the author for the first time shows signs that he can create vivid characteristics, if not characters. And he follows a trail of action that would stump a bloodhound, yet does not waste a step...