Word: dears
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...people sneeze and alienate others with their "sneaky" ways, the pro-cat element in the nation is growing. A champion of the cat is Milan Greer, 39, whose book, The Fabulous Feline, has just been published by Dial Press. A professional cat breeder, Greer writes with none of the "dear little pussycat" gush that marks the work of most literary cat lovers. In fact, he is suspicious of anyone who claims to love cats; cats do not love people, he declares, and they probably do not even love other cats. A plane of mutual respect is as high...
...stepfather picks up for Seryozha. That afternoon something deeper stirs when the stepfather, surveying what's left of the bike after it runs into a billy goat, shows no sign of anger. Doglike devotion sets in when papasha declines to punish Seryozha for insulting an insulting uncle-"My dear, we must not punish a child for calling a fool a fool." Absolute adoration is attained when the stepfather lets Seryozha spend a day at the collective farm he manages. "He's my Daddy!'' the boy thinks, popping with pride. "They wouldn't know what...
...little brother." The heroine buys that pea-brained proposition and its chuckleheaded corollary: she can never wed because she could never leave her brother. For this problem the script provides a solution that has at least the merit of originality. The baby catches fire-no kidding, the dear little fellow really catches fire and blazes away on the screen for quite a while. But somehow, after two hours of watching the trouble he's made, it's hard to be sorry for the little bastard...
Gravy Train. Bryant's salesmanship paid off. A steady stream of sturdy stalwarts rode the gravy train to the oak-dotted Tuscaloosa campus, eager to knock heads and - in Bryant's words - "suck up their guts" for dear old 'Bama. Halfback Mike Fracchia (6 ft. 1 in., 186 lbs.) came from Memphis, Tenn., because "I wanted to play on a good team and I knew Coach Bryant was going to turn one out." Among Bryant's first batch of hand-picked recruits were two of Alabama's brightest stars: Quarterback Pat Trammell and Tackle Billy...
...David Garrick (1717-79), English actor: "Oh, dear...