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Word: doggedly (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ralph Cross, who is blind, was faced with an unusual problem: his Seeing Eye dog was going blind, too. Ethel, a German shepherd, had been Cross's faithful guide for seven years. Six months ago cataracts dimmed Ethel's eyes; she began bumping into things, and Cross could no longer trust her in Los Angeles' heavy traffic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Blind Leading the Blind | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

Stop the Presses. In Glasgow, Henry Strachan got mad at an Alsatian dog, made news...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 14, 1948 | 6/14/1948 | See Source »

...head of 30-year-old Rev. William Jones Gordon Jr. When the hands were lifted, William Gordon was not only bishop of Alaska's missionary district but the youngest Episcopal bishop ever consecrated. Said he afterward: "I was trudging along in the snow last year, behind a dog team, when I hear this Indian yelling to me he's got a message. It was from the House of Bishops. I read it and just about fainted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: The Vineyard, May 31, 1948 | 5/31/1948 | See Source »

Side-Swipe. In Rome, Wis., Motorist Frank Beaver swerved violently to avoid a dog on a bridge, knocked down the bridge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, May 24, 1948 | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

...last it became possible to buy a set without fearing that it would be outdated tomorrow. Telesets appeared in bars, and a dog in Greenwich, Conn, was stricken with television-induced eyestrain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: The Infant Grows Up | 5/24/1948 | See Source »

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