Word: half-wild
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Though many a motorist fears to help them hitchhike, no half-wild bandits like Russia's besprizorni are the footloose U. S. youngsters. Most of them have had grammar or high-school education. Some are adventurous runaways. Most have been squeezed out by family want. They despise professional hoboes. Pride keeps many away from welfare houses. A Michigan boy finished barber college after his parents died in 1929, found Michigan had loo many barbers already, took to the road. Too proud to beg, he made $3 carry him 2,000 mi. and eleven days. He explained...
Near Brimfield, Mass., Clifford A. Palmer, 45, son of a well-to-do New Haven, Conn., businessman, lived in a forest retreat with 20 half-wild dogs. He was found dying of starvation, surrounded by plenty of provisions which he saved for his dogs...