Word: pawing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...very Congress members they arrested?" Thus challenged last week. Bumbling Stanley showed exactly as much and no more metal than is pleasing to the middle-of-the-road Conservatives who have returned him again and again as Leader. Walking over to Mr. Churchill, he put a big paw on his shoulder, waited until cheers and counter cheers had subsided, and then made with emphasis his big, defensive utterance of the day. "I did not make up my mind about India three years ago!" said Honest Stanley. "I said and I repeat that I took three years considering...
...tormented bear shot out a big brown paw, pulled Tony into the cage. While the other two urchins yelled and threw mud, small Brother John picked up a piece of iron pipe, squeezed through the bars. With all his might he smacked Lillian across her tender snout. Howling, the bear backed off, let an attendant drag the badly-mauled Tony to safety...
...last week's 6-2 drubbing when the Princeton outfit invades the Boston Garden for the concluding game of the series. The jauntiness which the entire squad displayed against Brown in Tuesday's 15-3 fiasco indicates that the Crimson skaters will not suffer from the cat's paw as badly as they did in the Baker Memorial Rink. Although the uneven a score of last Saturday's match would seem to point to the Nassan's superiority, even Coach Neidlinger admitted that his team had never played so well and that the attack was well-timed throughout the game...
...must think," soothed Premier Herriot, patting the ex-President on the shoulder with a big, consoling paw, "You must think. Monsieur le Président, of nothing except how willingly the Chamber has voted you this aid! You must think of how glad the people of all France are to have you accept...
...Hardly the madonna type, she comes home for the ultimate pleasure of holding her child for a moment, decides to stay as her child's music box tinkles out the case for commonplace happiness. Good shot: a fake cabaret gorilla rocking formidably from side to side, pulling off one paw to expose a slender white hand (Dietrich...