Word: hoofs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hoof of Marengo, Napoleon's Arab charger, matched by a hoof of Wellington's Arundel...
...granted its charter: "Two elkcs and two Black beavers whensoever and as often as Wee our heires and successors shall happen to enter into the said Countryes Territoryes and Regions hereby granted." The King was willing to relax the requirements, and instead of a ton of meat on the hoof and a pair of rambunctious rodents, accepted two mighty-antlered mounted heads and the choicest pair of beaver pelts from the Company's London auction rooms. Late that night the train stopped for the trip's most unusual welcome at Brandon, Manitoba, where 10,000 children...
...cattlemen and their spokesmen in Congress exploded with indignation at this Presidential statement. In Argentina whose frozen (but not corned) beef has been kept out of the U. S. on the grounds that the country harbors hoof & mouth disease, his words were acclaimed. Said Argentine Foreign Minister Jose Cantilo in Buenos Aires : "A fine gesture ! ... An important precedent in friendly relations...
...instruments, and, second, to master the technique of putting a show on the air. Problems in connection with this phase of the work include: the acoustics of the broadcasting room; the placement of performers in order to avoid rebound and overemphasis; the accurate reproduction of sound effects so that "hoof beats in the distance" don't drown out the heroics of the act; and the blending of all parts of the program in the right proportions...
...enjoy Argentina's favor. Long a sore point with Argentina is the prohibition against the import of fresh Argentine meat to the U. S., a ban largely due to the claims of lobbyists from cattle & sheep-raising western States that Argentine meat comes from livestock suffering from hoof-and-mouth disease...