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...burrow like a bunny father has his little lair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, PRISONERS: Down the Rabbit Hole | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...they lock him in his burrow when it's time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War, PRISONERS: Down the Rabbit Hole | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...narrow fairways are bordered by groves of pecan trees, swamps, ravines and the chocolate-colored Trinity River that meanders stray-catlike over the course. Its tough Bermuda grass was an annoying novelty to many. And two days of rain had brought out chiggers-the pesky little red bugs that burrow into human flesh and start an itch worse than a mosquito bite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Shooting at Fort Worth | 6/16/1941 | See Source »

Chaos was what Ernie Bevin found when he took over the Ministry of Labor from bomb-loud, burrow-slow Ernest Brown, and he lost no time restoring order...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Importance of Being Ernie | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

...queer thing, jealousy, Vag mused. It sits behind the scenes like old Stockmar, doing its work silently. Rarely does anyone see it operate; even those whom it tears apart are sometimes not conscious of it until too late. Vaguely, Vag remembered reading of termites who burrow unseen within a beautiful and apparently strong house; then, suddenly, the house collapses. It was something like that with people. Jealousy, like a poison--perhaps like a cancer; but worse, since a cancer, if discovered early, can be cured--constantly, subtly tries to gain acceptance in the mind. Once the entering wedge is injected...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 12/8/1939 | See Source »

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