Word: hind
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...believed the 17th century Dutch explorers who reported seeing an animal as big as a man, with a head like a deer and a long tail like an alligator, that stood on its hind legs like a bird and hopped like a frog. The kangaroo was real, nevertheless, and also real (probably or possibly) are other strange animals that have been seen only rarely by civilized man. This is the conviction of French-born Bernard Heuvelmans, and his book, On the Track of Unknown Animals (Hill & Wang; $6.95), makes fine reading for people who like to hear that new things...
...like a human being's, despite ingenious laboratory tricks. Researchers have learned much from rabbits, rats and chickens, but findings from these lower forms of life cannot be applied simply and directly to human diseases. The baboon, despite its lousy pelt, its foul temper and its embarrassingly lurid hind quarters (brilliant scarlet in the female when she is in heat) seemed the answer to a researcher's prayer...
Young King Hussein of Jordan, who had the guts to rear up on his hind legs and smash his enemies, saving his country and his throne. Courage is one of the most needed attributes in the world today...
...survivor when the fighting is over and the politicians take command: "Speeches aren't going to help anything. When your powder's all gone, it's better to keep your mouth shut than to go spouting about the rights of small nations. A dog raises his hind leg on them...
...Rogers, many British products "are shoddy, often poorly inspected and generally overpriced. Often a pair of shoes does not match. Sometimes two shoes in a pair were made each on a different last. In this country, the consumer is a completely forgotten man. Let him get up on his hind legs and say: Trices are too high. Styling is ridiculous, and I won't buy it.' " In Diplomat Rogers' mind, Britain's consumers, industrial managers and trade unions alike are all to blame for a situation that spoils the economy because of a misplaced sense...