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Word: paw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...shots," said Skinner "shows a dog placing his paw on a playing card. They have quoted Dr. Ferster as saying he could teach a dog to play poker in 17 minutes. We never mentioned poker...

Author: By Michael Maccoby, | Title: Skinner Calls Mag. Article's Quotes 'False | 5/3/1952 | See Source »

...Francis (the "talking" mule). There were minor disturbances-Smoky was frightened and frisky; Diamond was nervous enough to misbehave onstage-but, all in all, the evening was a success. Moreover, it was a true sign of a new Hollywood trend: movies starring animals are really making money, hoof over paw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Smash Menagerie | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...gave her a raise in salary? Or was it, rather, that under Willy's brutal, profiteering tutelage young Colette learned how to write? Explained Colette years later: "Perhaps even a mouse finds time, between one wound and the next, to appreciate the softness of the cat's paw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Animal Kingdom | 11/19/1951 | See Source »

...lzer seems admirably at home when he is pouring his talent into lurid fantasy and characterization. The disappointment comes when Mittelhölzer tries to be a Plato as well as a Rabelais. As a literary mixture, ethical utopianism and Tobacco Road are just about as obscure as the paw prints in Mabel's freckle pattern...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Plato on Tobacco Road | 9/17/1951 | See Source »

Love is a kitten, a pleasant thing, a purr and a pounce. Chases a piece of string, a scratch and a mew a ball batted with a paw a sheathed claw...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Poem of America | 7/16/1951 | See Source »

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