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Word: dog (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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After rumblings from correspondents, Lieut. Colonel R. L. Thompson, the Eighth Army's press officer, amended the order to read: "Unwarranted criticism . . ." But correspondents were still unhappy. Echoing the dog in Lewis Carroll's "The Mouse's Tale" ("Til be judge, I'll be jury,' said cunning old Fury . . ."), Colonel Thompson had added that the Army would be "sole judge and jury" of what criticism was and was not warranted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury | 8/7/1950 | See Source »

Veterinarians have found that elderly dogs with bad breath or smelly hides can be turned into more pleasant companions with chlorophyll. One 100-mg. tablet is enough for the average man, but a dog needs six times as much-100 mg. for each 25 Ib. of body weight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: A Sweeter Smell | 7/31/1950 | See Source »

Best Friend. In New Haven County, Conn., Ensign Stanley W. Henderson bailed out of a faltering Navy plane, landed unhurt in a tree, climbed down and was bitten in both legs by a waiting dog...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 31, 1950 | 7/31/1950 | See Source »

...residents. Still, it was interesting to discover that Florida's handsome Governor Fuller Warren had been elected to office on a campaign fund of no less than $462,000-$154,000 of it provided (in spite of a law forbidding political contributions by racetrack operators) by a dog-track owner named William H. Johnston...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GAMBLING: Big Show In Miami | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

...best to subpoena him. But Harry just couldn't be found; he sent word that he remembered what happened to Kansas City Gangster Charles Binaggio, who was killed after talking to the authorities. Neither could the other partners in the S & G be found, nor Dog Track Magnate William H. Johnston, the man who gave the governor the 150 Gs. Like all good things, crime investigation could be carried a little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GAMBLING: Big Show In Miami | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

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