Word: furred
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Fur Coat for Cumshaw. But the ultimate protest did not take place in the Assembly Hall. It worked itself out in a cheap hotel in a grubby lane of Nanking's crowded red-light district (nicknamed "Confucius' Temple...
...Words or Less . . ." Typical "cancer month" commercial, on Manhattan's WQXR: "Would you like to win a $9,300 house ... a $2,000 Alaska seal fur coat, a ... piano, an ... automobile? . . . Listen to the details of the New York City Cancer Committee's amazing radio jackpot contest! All you have to do is to complete in 25 words or less the statement 'I give to conquer cancer because . . .' and send it in with a contribution of at least 25?." Chief designer of the new technique in cancer fund-raising is Campaign Chairman Elmer H. Bobst...
Last Tuesday, the ailing Sir Harvey suddenly became a father when plaintive squeals of a new-born baby bunny rang through the halls of the biology labs. Harvey Harvard II had come into the world. But all was not destined for happiness. This little ball of fur never got to know his proud father, for the next day, Sir Harvey was committed to the earth in which he had never been able to burrow...
Matthew Connelly, 40, a tall, thin, black-haired Massachusetts Irishman who was Harry Truman's secretary when the President was chairman of the Senate Investigating Committee. He stepped up with the boss, now handles appointments and smoothes ruffled fur...
...fur market nutria ranks somewhere between muskrat and mink-$1,400 to $1,700 for a full-length coat. But so far, domestic pelts have not been too successful. U.S. trappers do not know much about preparing them. The Wildlife Service hopes that the quality will improve as trappers get nutria-wise. In any event, the nutria will be a welcome immigrant. Unlike many furbearers, most of which (e.g., skunks) are carnivorous, its flesh is pink and good to eat. A carcass prepared for cooking weighs about eight pounds. Some compare it to rabbit. When roasted, say other connoisseurs...