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Word: quadrupedal (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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"The Awful Truth" depicts Irene Dunne's futile attempt to divorce Cary Grant and win the custody of "Mr. Smith," a canine known as "Skippy" in private life. The interlocutory decree is granted, and "Mr. Smith" is treated with all the consideration recently shown Miss Gloria Vanderbilt, but Cupid has...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Moviegoer | 1/3/1938 | See Source »

Technical difficulties were greater than mink-chinned Sculptor Bartholdi expected. By the time the Philadelphia Exposition opened all that was ready was Liberty's torch, right hand and wrist, but that was imposing enough. An armature for a statue 152 ft. high was beyond the capabilities of Sculptor Bartholdi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Liberty's Jubilee | 11/9/1936 | See Source »

"Holding a nursing bottle with both the fingers and toes while drinking from it. A cat, trained to take milk from a nursing bottle, held it in precisely the same way. This seemed the only natural way for the quadruped."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Babes Like Beasts | 5/30/1932 | See Source »

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