Word: paws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ardor had become imperiousness, self-sufficiency. He conferred with the Secretary only once, ignored his ideas. Robert Lansing impotently watched the wise foreign diplomats, wrote in his diary that Mr. Wilson was a "catspaw." The forcible, white-haired Secretary was himself not even permitted the directed force of a paw. His role was mere ritual. Often he pondered resigning, often refrained...
...Harvard batters finally found a vulnerable south paw in Smith, the lefthander who started on the mound for the Jumbos. Smith was sent to the showers after the Crimson players had touched him eight hits and five runs in the first four frames. Bowker and Kennedy followed to the rubber, and although the University nine still hit, no runners crossed the plate...
...without a country and without a kingdom, too, once more has been politely but firmly asked to move on. The British government does not object to sheltering would be or should be monarchs until they begin to involve Great Britain in their schemes. Then the Lion puts his paw down very firmly and opens his jaws very wide until the disturbance ceases...
...ticking metronome was set beside a dog. Simultaneously he was given a slight electric shock in the leg. This was repeated several times. Finally the metronome alone was used. As soon as it started ticking, up came the paw, the dog's face contracted with pain and he remained in agony until the instrument was removed...
...Hetty Green, the late unique creative financier among women, had forgotten that she had bought a railroad during the great panic of 1893. The Texas Midland, 125 miles long, had completely slipped her mind. She found it one day when she had nothing better to do than paw over some dusty old papers. She sent her son, Colonel Edward Howland Robinson Green, to Terrell, Tex., headquarters of the road, to ascertain its value. It was a long sort, of job, as the Interstate Commerce Commission learned later. The road did not pay. Colonel Green established himself at Terrell, became...