Word: carcasses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Primo Carnera, Italian brobdingnag, eased his 272-lb. carcass into a ring in Miami and sat down on his stool while various brisk little men fussed around him. One of the men was a doctor, for Carnera was supposed to have cracked one of his lower right ribs in training. The doctor had authority to stop the fight at any time if the patient felt badly. In the opposite corner sat Jim Maloney, hairy, amiable and hog-fat, who lost a ten-round bout with Jack Sharkey five years ago when Maloney was considered a fighter. Last autumn with...
...long tail and tapering head. He said it had a snout like a pelican's beak, a head like an elephant. He found no fur. Six feet of flesh were preserved. Foxes and Eskimo dogs had eaten the rest. Since scientists were still puzzled, part of the huge carcass was taken to Cordova. So soon as weather conditions permit, Dr. Bunnell and helpers will go to Cordova, look the monster over carefully...
Alfred Daub, Seattle big game hunter, returned to Nairobi, Africa, last week, from a hunting trip, told of a new way to take wild animals pictures. Tying the carcass of a zebra behind a truck, Hunter Daub and his companions drove around the African veldt. Two lions and a lioness smelled the meat, ran after. While the animals fought for the bait, Hunter Daub sat safely in the truck, cranked his camera...
...usually lasts for a fortnight, may continue, for a month. At the end of the stated period the two teams foregather, producing evidence of their success. Judges are selected and the records told off. Each hunter brings in the tails of rats and mice he has slaughtered; the entire carcass of other varmints is required as evidence under the unwritten laws of this sport. Teams may combine efforts in ridding a certain property of rats. Guns, clubs and traps are variously used in their destruction. The rats will be brought from cover in an organized drive and as many...
...stomach, noted as an object of important research, Jessie became accustomed to sightseers who were taken to her stall and allowed to peek at her punctured flank. Although last month she was moved to a new stall to insure privacy for further tests, Jessie died. Last week, her carcass was disintegrated in a fertilizer factory...