Word: petted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tanner, whose part in the pre-war Finnish-Russian negotiations at the Kremlin made him the pet hate of Moscow, forthrightly asked Premier Hansson for two divisions of the Swedish Army. Otherwise, he warned, Finland would be forced either to sue for a peace with Russia "in a manner greatly concerning Sweden" (i.e., give up the Aland Islands which would point Russian guns squarely at Sweden's head), or appeal for direct aid from France and Britain...
Gravely the Ministry of Home Security last week went over the heads of anxious neighbors and air raid wardens and told George Thomson of Cuckoo Hill Road, Pinner, Middlesex, that it would be perfectly all right for him to go on keeping his pet lion, Rona, in his well-fenced garden. "In view of the nature of the precautions which have been taken," ruled the Ministry, "there are no grounds for fearing that the lion is likely to escape as a result of war operations...
...incident which the book omits : For a while in Mongolia, Author Peck kept a pet chicken in his room. One day, during an epidemic of deadly typhus, Peck felt logy, and noticed pink spots all up & down his left arm. He was sure he had typhus. Deciding to die gallantly, he persuaded a friend to help drink down first a bottle of brandy, then a bottle of vodka. When he awoke next afternoon with no recollection of having done any cooking, he found his room a mess of feathers, blood, picked bones. The pink spots were gone, and Graham Peck...
Worm capsules are condemned by Dr. Schuclle for popular use by pet owners, since the dog may not in the first place have worms; and because of the nature of the remedies, violent poisons in small doses. Similarly, he advises veterinarian treatment for distemper which is evidenced by "squinting, languidness, coughing, or vomiting...
...also told pet-owners about the type of toys they should not give to pets. "Rubber constitutes a very dangerous foreign substance...