Word: teeth
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...received as compensation for his injured arm. Peacher, he said, carted him off in his automobile, threw him into jail with other Negroes he picked up on the way. During their stay in jail they were given no food, Anderson said, were told by Peacher to "sharpen your teeth and gnaw those bars" when they asked for some. After two days in jail Anderson and twelve black companions were herded into the office of Mayor T. S. Mitchell, sitting as Justice of the Peace. "De Law" told them they were guilty of vagrancy, Anderson said, and that was that. Justice...
...marry-go-round. In the center ring the emperor of one sixth of the world kneels before a twice-divorced charmer from the southland, while on either side the lords temporal and spiritual beat their breasts in dismay, the American press makes the cables blush, and there is distinct teeth gnashing in the orchestra pit. Last week the Communist Party investigated reports that Mrs. Simpson was pro-fascist, but the situation is losing its farcical nature, and certain events show that England's ruling class is profoundly disturbed...
...coyote may run for several hours, stray far afield. As he tires, he returns to his home range, begins to run in ever narrowing circles like a fox. At the kill, the hounds pile on their prey, often smother him before they have ripped him badly with their teeth...
...Bucks started to China as soon as they were married. No romantic, Andrew thought Carrie's seasickness on the way over was all foolishness. He was sure she could feel better if she made an effort. As they started for the interior after Carrie had had four wisdom teeth pulled without anesthetics they returned because complications developed. "It was very inconvenient," Andrew later confessed to his daughter, "but we started again with a delay of a little under two hours. I was eager to get at my work...
...entertainment this frothy farce owes much to the talents of its cast, especially to those of Actor A. (for Alfred) E. (for Edward) Matthews, who talks through his teeth with a bland and preoccupied complacence unique on the Anglo-U. S. stage, who can read a line like "God, man, haven't you any tect?" as if it were a minute masterpiece of wit, and who is reported to be so dissatisfied with the work of Manhattan laundries that he sends his soiled linen home every week to England...