Word: octopi
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Extremely sly and subtle fishes Are octopi or cuttlefishes. Rather than own themselves defeated They squirt a cloud of ink and beat it. Thus emulating in their capers The editors of Commie papers...
Another innovation, octopi and reptiles replace the old paper mache monsters of former horror movies. Varnoff's swamp is inhabited by a large collection of crocodiles and poisonous snakes. Unimpressed by these horrors, one skeptical moviegoer commented, "See ya later alligator...
...gave the U.S. a reminder of how fast a region can change its line once it changes its economy: Yankee New England was now openly in the lists for federal help, while the South and West, which used to yell for federal help against the East Coast octopi, now speak in the phrases of laissez-faire...
...depths of over three hundred feet, where the pressure is capable of crushing a submarine. Through Costeau's engrossing account and his starting photos, the reader can share in some measure the fascination of the curious realm of silence--a world of unknown colors, of sunken ships and playful octopi...