Word: brooding
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Pierce Hurley, "Pat's" father, was a poor Irish immigrant. In Texas he married Mary Kelly. They had a brood of children. Pierce Hurley was thrown from a horse, crippled for life. Mary Hurley slaved to keep the family together, died when Pat was n. Said he years later: . "Mother's death hit me terribly. I was dazed for weeks. What I have made of myself has been due in no small measure to her, to my sisters and, in later years, to my wife. I've been mighty fortunate with my womenfolk...
...advising "owners of stud dogs or brood bitches, furnishing stud services or leasing, as the case may be, for the consideration of a puppy, as either a stud fee or a leasing fee, to have such agreements placed in the form of a written contract, so that there can be no possible misunderstanding after the whelping. In fact, it is advisable to have all business transactions relating to dogs placed in writing for the mutual protection of all concerned...
...place on the prairie, the mother-duck builds her nest, lays in it from ten to 18 eggs. When these hatch, she leads the ducklings immediately down to the water. In ordinary times, duckling mortality is high. Turtles, hawks and even large fish consume many. In drought times mother & brood may find no water at all and so perish of thirst, or else they have to cross great stretches of mud, open to their natural enemies...
...role was that of Sister Mary (Si May-e), a noble, impetuous Negress whose first husband leaves her for his side woman within a year of their marriage. After that she becomes notoriously promiscuous, tenderly raises a brood of illegitimate children. After 20 years her husband, whom she has never ceased to love, returns. Sister Mary scorns him. Then her firstborn, Unex (so named because he was unexpectedly born in the middle of a road), dies and in a loud wail, as the curtain falls, Sister Mary finally makes known her contrition. Ethel Barrymore Colt, as one of Sister Mary...
...report that Vincenzo Marchietelli, chef of Congressman Sol Bloom of New York, had chased Col. Marco Pennaroli, military attache of the Italian Embassy with a knife after an argument over Fascism, caused Chef Marchietelli to brood. When he brooded he became insane. When he became insane he was committed to the Gallinger Hospital, Washington...