Word: bred
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WANTED ? Sandinavian virginity, slum bred, thrust into Italian vino-culture, and the upshot?brilliant acting...
...Perhaps college-bred men are broader at the beginning of their careers on the stage. I am not sure, however, that a college degree is indispensible. But I am sure that an assured subsidy for stage study abroad and a guarantee of parts on Broadway would begin a new era on the stage...
...many years ago, practically all the ham and bacon eaten in Britain was either a domestic or a U. S. product. But the Danes resolved to enter the British market. They first made an exact study of British tastes. British pigs were imported into Denmark and bred, British methods of curing bacon and hams were carefully investigated. The distance to England being short, transportation was readily available for bringing the fresh meats to Britain...
Said persons appreciative of Editor Crowninshield: "How nice of a busy, well-bred cosmopolitan man like that to become an active figure instead of just an adornment in U. S. society...
...Airedale terrier was first bred in the valley of the River Aire (tributary to the Ouse), in England. The old English Terrier, a strong, fearless dog, good for vermin and dead game, lacked a good sense of smell. So the people of the Aire valley crossed it with the Otter Hound, making it keen-scented and giving it better watermanship. Other crosses were made to improve the breed. The dogs were first known as Waterside Terriers. The Airedale Agricultural Society, at a farm show, held the first exhibition of this class of dogs in 1879, and decided to give them...