Word: doggedly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...weeks after he wrote a syndicated newspaper column on the death of his dog, Socialist Norman Thomas, six-time loser as a presidential candidate, studied his booming fan mail, ruefully concluded that "I might get more votes as a dog lover than as a Socialist...
Love Me, Loves My Dog...
...Numbers. In Barnet, England, a judge fined Mrs. Julian Hewett ?2 for her noisy dog after Complainant Albert Fitzherbert testified that he had clocked the animal at 65 barks per minute...
SPEND IT? The story: "Mrs. H." (for Heart), 51, a wealthy widow who lived alone except for her Pekingese dog, had been told by specialists in St. Louis that she would probably die of a heart ailment within twelve months. She had sold out her personal-loans business, allotted part of her money to charity and part to her married daughter-and still had a substantial stake left over. Said Mrs. H., who insisted that her identity be kept secret: "I want to know how to spend it to get the most pleasure...
...flooded into the Oklahoman's city rooms; the telephones rang constantly with long-distance callers. Four out of ten letter-writers advised Mrs. H. to seek comfort in God; one letter suggested consolation in whisky. Hundreds urged Mrs. H. to invest her money in ventures ranging from a dog-mange remedy to a sure-fire system for playing the horses...