Word: dog
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Where is Tigar?" I asked him, referring to the Alsatian dog from which he is never separated. Tito's face suddenly grew very gentle. "You always remember him," he said. Stepping outside, we found Tigar lolling in the sun. Catching sight of his master, the dog leapt up and joyously wagged what remained of his close-cropped tail...
...quarterfinals, his relaxation was almost too good. He found himself in a dog-eat-dog match with rosy-cheeked Frank Sedgman, the 21-year-old Australian singles champion. It took five sets and some energetic net-rushing to subdue Sedgman, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4, 6-8, 6-4. Meanwhile, the other players that Schroeder wanted to meet were progressing nicely. In the opposite bracket, Parker and Gonzales fought through to the semifinals. Schroeder's semifinals foe was sophisticated, crewcut Billy Talbert. Billy, a diabetic sentenced to daily insulin doses, got off to a quick lead, but Schroeder...
...January 1692, Betty and Abigail fell sick. Betty would break into fits of weeping and sometimes make hoarse choking sounds, almost like the barking of a dog. Abigail would run about on all fours, rasping and babbling. The children could not bear to hear prayers, and when Betty came out of one seizure she sobbed that she was damned...
...devil's hand was suspected, a group of ministers-in-conclave queried the girls: "Who torments you?" At first, they did not know. Only after a dish of "witch cake" (a blend of rye meal and the sufferers' urine baked in ashes) was fed to a dog, were their tongues loosened. Betty Parris named Tituba; the others also accused a village tramp and a matron who did not attend church regularly...
...only one who believed him was Sparrow Saltskin, "Half Hebe 'n half crazy," a petty grifter and dog thief who adored Frankie because the Dealer was kind to him and protected him. ("Guys who think they can rough me up, they wake up wit' the cats lookin' at 'em." In an alley, he meant.) Frankie really liked Sparrow: "I'd trust him with my sister all night. Provided, of course, she wasn't carryin' more than 35 cents...