Word: carnivorae
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...Some need pictures, and must consult their own tastes ... I would say that the moderns are out of place. Mezzotints of the larger carnivora, some in repose and some at play, can be relied on to give the right atmosphere, while Biblical oleographs, particularly those depicting Daniel among the lions, should be rigidly excluded...
...works has never functioned with perfect precision. The weighty problem of meals has not been satisfactorily solved by the introduction of model kitchens and natty dining halls, and in spite of a dietician the three squares are generally of an order which would do credit to the lower carnivora. Not a meal but is dominated by the flesh-pots, the quantity of animal products far exceeding the two ounces recommended by the Hygiene department. The vegetable dishes of flabby beets and pulpy cauliflower which flank the meat offering leer in such unsightly fashion at the diner as to discourage even...
...TIME of Apr. 6, Page 15, under "Carnivora," is said: "King Darius Mede fed up his lions on Christian...
...sagacity; chariot racers, trapeze artists, ladies in spangles who wear jeopardy like a flower in their hair, sword- swallowers, snake-charmers, clowns in shreds and patches, fat women, thin men?these blithe barbarians nightly astound sober Manhattan. But the circus this year is different?for one supreme reason: the carnivora are gone. There are no wild animal acts. No sharply smiling lady makes small boys lose their peanuts when she puts her golden head in the lion's mouth; no clown breathes the naughty story he will not tell the crowd into the leopard's sullen ear, most earnestly hoping...
...show is booked again. He still gives carnivora to the general. But now the wildest beasts are those individuals who frequent the circus in droves and have been known to strike women in the stomach with their fists when frustrated in the attempt to poison themselves with lemonade?the male children under twelve...