Word: dog
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dog Race. In warming up his audience with a description of a horse, Finney speaks slowly and distinctly, well aware that'many of the older members of the audience may be deaf and that the younger bloods, like as not, have just had four or five Martinis. Often when the bids hang after a quick runup, Finney interrupts the proceedings with a little spice. "Come on, gentlemen," he will say, "you're surely not going to let this fine horse go for only $7,500. Why, this filly is worth twice as much as the bid, just...
...known for his ability to produce furlongs of equine statistics at the drop of a crop. But his technique is not all smooth talk. At one auction, a heckler who was scornful of the horses up for sale asked Finney: "When are you going to start the dog race?" Snapped Finney: "Just as soon as you can get in shape...
...sentimental tale of a runaway orphan (Chet Allen), a singing medicine man (Dan Dailey) and a beautiful welfare worker (Diana Lynn). By the time the picture has run its course, the medicine man and welfare worker, who are about to be married, have adopted the orphan and his dog, and have also put to rout a pack of crooked politicians responsible for lamentable conditions at the orphanage. Spotting this confection at intervals are some pleasant old songs, e.g., Oh, Suzanna and All God's Chillun Got Wings, pleasantly sung by Dailey, Chet Allen and "Scat Man" Crothers...
...stir. The Secret Service guards, who took her under surveillance when Ike was nominated, will be omnipresent-they will lurk in the next room even if she is lunching at the home of an old friend. She will seldom be out of the news. If she buys a dog, spanks one of her grandchildren, is bitten by a snake or develops a taste for yoghurt, the world will want to chatter about...
...Gunner Braddon refused, then watched passively while a Jap guard pumped five bullets into the sergeant's stomach at a foot's range. At Pudu, each meal consisted of a handful of pasty rice sometimes crawling with weevils. Whenever he could get them, Author Braddon ate cats, dogs, snakes, grubs, fungus and leaves. He notes that "snake tastes like gritty chicken mixed with fish; dog tastes like rather coarse beef; cat like rabbit, only better." The camp had its rare saints, and one was the Anglican padre, Noel Duckworth. Putting on a winning smile, he would call...