Word: dogged
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tired when he finished his work in Manhattan and went home to Brooklyn one night last week, but as usual he took his German shepherd, Paddy, out for a walk while his wife prepared their late supper. Mrs. Conroy was tired, too. When her husband got back with the dog they passed a few sharp words. Suddenly Paddy, who had been trained to protect his mistress, began to growl at his master. Policeman Conroy drew his revolver, waved it admonishingly. The big police dog did what his master had taught him always to do when he saw an armed...
...vast mouth and yowls, and by Bob Burns, who to get laughs uses a pig named Wafford instead of his former "Bazooka." This amiable razorback is by far the funniest member of the trio, steals the show by oinking at suitable moments, winning a blue ribbon at a dog-show, then exhibiting a most distinctive canine trait when walking down a street...
...swaggered up to a pedestaled tiger, thrust the chair at its open jaws. The animal knocked the chair aside. Soon the same tiger was obediently rolling itself along on top of a large cylinder. The trainer next made a lion sit up with its paws upraised like a begging dog's. Finally he made a tiger whirl round .& round like an animal obsessed. When he had cued most of the 40 beasts from their pedestals and driven them out the runway, came the great climax...
Howard R. Patch '37, president of the Dramatic Club, stated yesterday that "Dog Beneath the Skin" will be the most intricate and ambitious enterprise ever undertaken by the Club. The play will require an enormous cast, a large production staff, music, and a chorus. Tryouts, it was announced, are to be held in Phillips Brooks House this afternoon from 1:30 to 5:30 o'clock, tonight from 7 to 9 o'clock, and tomorrow afternoon 1:30 to 5:30 o'clock...
...Dog Beneath the Skin" has received exceedingly favorable reviews in England, where it ran last year. A high spirited up-to-the-minute comedy in Gilbert and Sullivan style the projected play satirizes many phases of modern day life as typical of both here and abroad, including such things as Fascism, night clubs, and soap box oratory. The female parts will be handled by Radcliffe girls...