Word: hogging
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...never wise to get the Church down on one"). But God does not seem to help much. In the eyes of his friends, Diogène is a marked man. Accepted witnesses see him "in the guise of a werewolf," flapping wings like a giant bat, as a huge hog with seven lighted candles on his head...
...hero of a blood & thunder historical novel, Rodney could certainly have paid more attention than he did to the uneasy behaviour of his own sepoy infantrymen. They were badly upset by the rumor (true enough, in fact) that their rifle cartridges were greased with a mixture of beef and hog fat: by the sanctions of religion, the use of beef fat was mortal offense to the Hindus among them, hog fat to the Mohammedans. Fanatics and profiteers, princes and foreign agents were also working overtime to stir up the sepoys. By the time Savage had it all deciphered...
Tomorrow is Ground Hog Day. Fearful of its shadow, the CRIMSON will hide in its burrow under the ramshackle press and refuse to emerge until Monday morning. Then, with a new mask, it will fearlessly commence the new term. Drive carefully...
Hoarding of more than a "reasonable" supply of 55 defense-vital materials (aluminum, hog bristles, etc.) was banned...
...Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler; Stormy, husky, brawling, City of the Big Shoulders...