Word: howling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...daughter ran away from home might be, not mental derangement, but moral. The girl was later found dead in a river. But Judge Dearth, irate and mortified, had meantime over-exerted his powers by arresting newsboys, confiscating their Post-Democrats and forbidding them to sell any more. The howl that Editor Dale was able to put up over this and other "Dearth scandals" persuaded the board of managers of the Indiana House of Representatives to prosecute Judge Dearth before the Senate. At the trial last week, testimony tended to show that Judge Dearth had in a variety of ways, "fixed...
...seriously doubt the learning of university faculties. But when professors attempt to apply their learning to vital matters, Mr. Babbitt becomes nervous and his newspaper howls. So it was last week. A large part of the faculty of Princeton University followed a large part of the faculty of Columbia University in advocating reconsideration of the Allied debts to the U. S. in a more altruistic light. President John Grier Hibben and 115 professors signed the Princeton petition. The Chicago Tribune was howl-leader. In an editorial headed "Piffle Patriots at Princeton" it said: "The reasoning of the Columbia professors...
...ignorant, howl of a conceited puppy was heard on the Pacific Coast last week. The Los Angeles Times, anxious to inspire its readers, produced the following by way of an editorial...
...Freaks, misfits, monstrosities. This way, ladies and gentlemen? a special Christmas offering! The best selection of 'cases,' hand-picked by charity experts and described by literary artists. Nothing covered up. Come right in and see them squirm. Hear them howl. Buy a front seat and get your name in the paper; buy a box and get your picture in the paper, maybe on the front page...
...jaws must be pried open. Saliva drools from its jaws, but does not always "froth," as has long been the gossip of ignorant urchins and constables. The suffering dog tries to bark. But its jaws are set and the only sound it can make is a low-pitched howl followed by an irregular series of hoarse barks. It is the weirdest, most pleading whine of all dogdom. And when men hear it, they chase the dog with sticks and stones-mad dog! Once hydrophobia definitely develops, it is impossible to cure it, whether in dog, rabbit...