Word: cats
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Early this winter he discovered that his herd was in the Black Hills, 45 miles from the nearest railroad. He also discovered that the buffalo is an extremely morose animal, but despite his look of ennui can dodge like a scalded cat, run up & down hills...
Virtually in retirement for the last four years, he now tramps the orchard which his modern farming ideas have turned from scrubland to a paradise of fruitfulness, or sits in his chair, back to the big log fire, white cat perched on the arm while his wife and longtime secretary (whom he married 14 months ago) works at his correspondence...
...when the jag wore off, the jitters came back. Dr. Masserman then gave them, at mealtimes, a choice of plain milk or milk laced with 5% alcohol (in a cocktail glass). After a few days or weeks, most of the neurotic cats learned that the alcoholic milk made them feel better, invariably chose the cocktail. Dr. Masserman, who can put two & two together, deduced from this fact that the alcohol evidently removed their inhibitions and dulled their senses, making them less sensitive to shocks. He found that usually he could cure their taste for liquor only by curing their neuroses...
...very young when she became famous. Her teen-age whims and appetites, her shallow fits of rage and delight remained unchanged. She loaded herself with jewelry. She delighted in entering nightclubs with a spurious dignity. She also delighted in tantrums during which she spat oaths like an angry cat. She loved to go to prizefights, where she screamed advice to the boxers...
...Cat's Rights. In Largs, Scotland, Norway's King Haakon VII, in a traditional ceremony, became an honorary citizen of the town, while an inquisitive black-&-white cat, exercising its traditional right, sat and looked...