Word: rooster
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Many flocked to hear him, saw a stuffy little man, like a bantam rooster, come on the stage, saw him swell out his bosom, and open his mouth. They shut their eyes then, listened to melting outbursts rich in melody, sung in the approved Italian manner, lyrically, lovingly. They opened their eyes to see him lead on a little Italian child, ten-year-old Rina, his daughter. She played an accompaniment for him correctly, laboriously. They heard him sing again without distraction, heard him take perilous notes bravely, truly, cling to them fondly, heard pianissimos incredibly tender, applauded, many...
...stuffy little man, like a bantam rooster...
...Rooster In Washington, D. C., a rooster kicked a blacksmith in the kneecap with his spur, causing paralysis...
...expenditures, the Federal Government's were 60% as compared to the states', cities', etc. 40%, and that today the Federal Government's expenditures are 33% to the states' and cities' 67%. "We are not making these comparisons in any vainglorious spirit. Like the rooster who found the big egg, our only intent is to be helpful. This rooster in his wanderings discovered an ostrich egg. He had visions of glorious omelets, generous fries and unlimited scrambles. With infinite labor he rolled his find back to his home pen. Calling his faithful flock together acid...
...whose footwork as she bounded on the deck proclaimed that she could take a fall out of any man not specially trained to withstand her"; Oilskin Jack and Bonita Sam, who finally wearied of sailoring and bought a little farm in Australia with an asthmatic horse, a "tailless rooster and two scolding hens" for equipment; and the sailmaker, who had such an eloquent sniff that he needed no other means of communication...