Word: disgust
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...admit that vast numbers of people cannot stick cats at any price. Ailurophobia (fear of cats) may in certain cases be so intense that the mere suggestion of a cat's presence may cause the sufferer, in the words of a scientific observer, to respond with "fear, terror, disgust . . . chilly sensations, horripilation [goose flesh], weakness, locked jaws or . . . fixed open jaw, rigidity of arms, pallor, nausea . . . vomiting, pronounced hysterical convulsions and even temporary blindness. These pass away with removal...
...game fish, says Fishing, is "any fish caught on rod and line, putting up any fight, and not thrown back in disgust by the angler." That includes even the "detested, despised, and berated" carp, a "keen-brained root-eater" as hard to hook as a confirmed bachelor...
...courtly phase of Mazepa's education by tying him naked on the back of a wild horse and turning the horse out onto the steppes. Rescued by Ukrainian Cossacks, Mazepa soon rose to leadership among them. When Charles XII began his invasion of Russia, Mazepa, to the disgust of most of his Cossacks, seemed to be loyal to Czar Peter the Great. Later he switched his allegiance, thereby thoroughly confusing nearly everybody. Defeated with his Swedish allies at the battle of Poltava, Mazepa fled into Turkey where he soon died of exhaustion...
...with a nude painting that lighted every hour on the hour. They jammed about the five dice tables, three roulette wheels and four "21" tables. The house had some fevered moments-gamblers from the competing Flamingo took a whirl at breaking the bank, but left in disgust, $60,000 losers. Movie Star Bud Abbott sat at a "21" table for two hours, finally got up with a quiet smile and $10,000 in winnings...
...picture above, the hero (TED CRON '52) leaves Widener with Susan (DARE TAYLOR '53) on his right, and extra ANNE STRANG '53, on his left. His roommate (SAM TIMMONS '51) looks on with disgust. The scene isn't from the picture...