Word: fulle
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hunting centre, he was having his own troubles. Stealthy and insidious, the dread "hoof and mouth disease" has been blighting English cattle in many counties of late. It was feared that the Prince's horses and hunting dogs might spread the disease as they swooped in full cry after an elusive fox. Therefore, the Prince did not hunt...
...troops from the Christian quarter, leaving the other Christian nationals to the protection of their consuls and at the mercy of the mob, which was fortunately not extremely hostile to non-French foreigners. And for 48 hours French shot and shell poured into the city; French tanks dashed at full speed through the streets, firing point blank into bazars and houses; and French airplanes dropped bombs...
Last Saturday, with a tooth in the wind and a squint in the sky, saw the yellow moon of football ripening to the full...
...full page advertising "Pecans in Texas," with no names of persons or firms likely to profit from its insertion mentioned...
...completely noble explorer here exhibited. He might be embarrassed by his courage, amused by his asceticism, surprised by the glossy perfection of his friends and enemies-Frontenac, Tonty, Mmes. de Montespan and de Maintenon, Joliet, Marquette, de Laval and the rest. But he would appreciate that, romancing apart, a full historical record of his efforts to build a Mississippi kingdom for France was what the author patiently sought, thoroughly contrived...