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Handsome Dan VII (no relation), only nine months old but wrinkled and bowlegged for his age, now trots around at the heels of Herman Hickman. One of the gentlest dogs in New Haven, Dan only gets excited on Saturday afternoons when other strange animals invade the Bowl.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: First Eli Bulldog Barked at Opponents In 1890; Second Licked Harvard's Feet | 11/25/1950 | See Source »

In the greeting-card business the company that understands and cares the most is Kansas City's Hall Brothers, Inc., world's largest greeting-card makers. It has a love that's deep and true for ready-made bowlegged tetrameter and a business built on sentiment (last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: Card Shark | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

And of bowlegged Szechuan wenches.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HISTORICAL NOTES: Tragedy in Chungking | 4/5/1948 | See Source »

Died. Major General Alexander Day Surles, 61, leathery, bowlegged ex-cavalryman who ran the Army's Bureau of Public Relations from 1941 to 1945; of a pulmonary ailment; in Washington. Tethered to the Pentagon after 34 years of service, mostly with tactical outfits, Old Horseman Day Surles champed at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 15, 1947 | 12/15/1947 | See Source »

Never ones to let a logical plot stand in their way, the Marx Brothers outdo themselves in this revived 1937 classic. The chase, the great delaying action, Groucho scooting around like a bowlegged buzzard, and all the traditional slapstick routines are crammed into a confusing but hilarious "Room Service." According...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 12/9/1947 | See Source »

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