Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...went to bed early that night. His house, with every window dark, stood at the edge of some cottonwoods. His daughter, a thin girl of 20 who had cooked for him since his wife died, slept in the next room; his son slept downstairs with his boots on;; his dog slept in the woodshed...
Hard luck continues to dog the trail of the University basketball team, it being announced today that M.M. Green '28, regular center on the quintet, would be laid up for three weeks due to a badly sprained ankle received during the vacation. The team has already been hard hit by ineligibility and Green's injury necessitates entirely reforming the first team...
...dog could be registered until inoculated. As more and more dogs were brought the pandemonium increased. There was little time to sterilize the needles, none in which to soothe the frightened or angry dogs. Female dog owners fainted fearing the sight of blood. Male dog owners fought with the doctors in several instances to keep their pets from being jabbed. Finally a cordon of mounted police was drawn around the dog registry, foot gendarmes rushed in and quelled the near riot, the long drawn howls grew plaintive, ceased...
Another vice, reported by a Miss Irene Hannan: "Children are going to school so sleepy [that] their heads fall over on their desks, because they attended the dog [whippet] races the night before...
...Fair Lawn, N. J., the chow dog of a Mrs. Robert Schurer, having bitten her before, fell upon her in the kitchen when she was alone, floored her, bit and worried her until she was unconscious, fled through the house when Mr. Schurer brought a policeman, expired of bullet-wounds in the coal...