Word: dalmatian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sixteen hundred and forty-eight years ago, the Dalmatian stonecutter Marinus arrived on the rocky slopes of Mount Titano, in central Italy, drove out the fat brown bears who inhabited the mountain, and founded the republic now known as San Marino. To lead a counterattack against Marinus, the story goes, the ursine exiles selected a huge black bear, who was actually Satan in disguise. Marinus lured the devil bear to the edge of a precipice and thrust a wooden cross in his face. The evil one went up in sulphurous smoke...
...green-carpeted ring at Madison Square Garden for a go at 22 rivals for the best-in-group prize (boxers, Great Danes, collies, German shepherds, etc., classified as "working breeds"), and won again. It was easier than baiting boars. When the six group-finalists-a Welsh terrier, a Dalmatian, a miniature pinscher, an Irish setter, a greyhound and Zazarac Brandy-gathered for the showdown, it took tuxedoed Judge Tom Carruthers III just 15 minutes to single out Brandy as best-in-show-and dog-of-the-year...
...born 53 years ago in the Dalmatian town of Spalato (now the Yugoslav town of Split) but spent his childhood in Lvov. His father was a Polish surgeon in the Austrian Army...
...Fare of Power. Tito has obliged. Since the lean days of mountain fighting, his girth has increased considerably on the rich fare of power (and on sweets). He likes good eating. At official banquets, he serves whole roast boars, huge Polish hams, gallons of Dalmatian wine. Like his master, Tito's favorite Alsatian dog Tiger has also put on weight...
...Thousand Maltas. Everywhere mixed-nationality teams made confused but increasing progress. Grain that may save 400,000 lives was now moving along the Dalmatian coast. Because railroads and bridges were smashed, leaving only goat paths, UNRRA had sent U.S. railroad locomotives. Hungry men worked slowly and happily, unloading UNRRA ships in Greek and Italian ports...