Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Tempestuous Berliners sought their favorite speisehausen (cafes) and pounded the tables till their steins jumped. "Schweinhund!" they bellowed. "Pig-dog! Derslueht MUSSOLINI!" With wrathful fingers of scorn, they pointed to the "cursed" Mussolini's declaration in the Italian Chamber (TIME, Feb. 15) that Italy intends to "rigorously, methodically and obstinately Italianize" the Alto Adige (the Germanic-Italian Tyrol), and that "Italy is ready if necessary to carry her banners beyond her present frontiers [at the Brenner Pass] but back never...
...present production Mr. Hodge is more fortunate than usual. "The Judge's Husband" is not nearly as bad as "Dog Love", a recent effort, nor is the cast by any means weak. Mr. Hodge has delved into the legal archives of Connecticut and extracted a law which permits a judge to act as witness in his own case, provided both parties agree to allow him. Starting with this comparatively simple point, Hodge complicates the plot by making the judge a woman, the plamtiff the husband of that woman, and the attorney the other man in the divorce case. In other...
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...Molde, Norway, a large white dog emerged from a doorway. The street was snowbound, deserted; the dog, lonely. When a pedestrian did pass by the dog nuzzled her sleeve, seized her tippet, trotted beside, baying. Alarmed, the pedestrian, Gunaelia Lovenskiolde, charwoman, aged 72, took flight, stumbled screaming, fell heavily, lay motionless and silent. The dog lay down beside, where its owner, Olaf Stang, found it on his way home. Fearful lest the dog get chilled, he led it to his hovel, locked it in, before assisting the unconscious woman. Neighbors witnessing, had Olaf arrested "for loving his dog better than...
Louise Fazenda has been doing cute comedy on the screen so long that we are getting a little bit tired of her. Dressed in a man's sailor outfit she is repeatedly outguessed by a most intelligent dog who carries fifty thousand dollars around in his mouth during three quarters of the picture. This is scarcely amusing, but it's great from the standpoint of canine efficiency...