Word: toye
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cadillac and rocked it as if it were a toy, yelling: "Long live Hussein, our savior!" and "Long live the man who will lead us against Israel!" At Damiya police had to rescue him from his shrieking worshipers, who whirled him from his car and started to carry him off. Arriving at the ancient hill town of Nablus, where Jesus once talked by the well with the adulterous woman of Samaria, the King said what the audience had come to hear: "We shall regain what was lost of our fatherland, with God's help...
...midst of a toy-poodle vogue. The carefully trimmed bundles of fluff* have been dogs of fashion since the days of Queen Anne. In the U.S. poodles took a long time catching on. Only 50 of them were registered in the American Kennel Club by 1930. Not until the early 1950s did dog lovers in large numbers discover that poodles are as bright and companionable as they are susceptible to ostentatious hairdos. Last year there were 16,691 registered with the A.K.C...
...proud toy-poodle owner, who also happens to be a hi-fi fan, tried to explain the phenomenon at the Garden last week: "This is one more sign of what you might call sophistication for the masses. The poodle is purely and simply a luxury dog: no suggestion of proletarian practicality; no good for hunting, at least not any more; no good for herding sheep; no good for tracking convicts. The American people are getting more of the good things in life all the time-things that used to belong to the aristocracy: sailboats, golf, good music. Why not poodles...
...White Swan strutted onstage like a cocksure ham, flaunting his dog's conviction that he was a lot more of a dog than the other finalists-the boxer, the bloodhound, the English setter, the standard poodle and the Sealyham. The judge's vote made Wilber the first toy dog ever to win the high award. He may have looked like a useless household ornament, but to his owner, Long Island Dog Breeder Bertha Smith, he is a practical animal indeed. Said she proudly: "Wilber's stud fee will jump from...
...shows, the most popular toy-poodle tonsure is the English saddle cut, designed to leave the little dogs looking like lions. On Wilber's larger cousin, the standard poodle, the saddle cut once served a purpose. When the standard was still a working field dog, the heavy mane around chest and neck protected heart and lungs while swimming in icy water. Shaved hindquarters aided swimming, while tufts of hair on legs and hips warmed the joints where blood runs close to the skin. The fancy topknot and powder-puff tail helped mark the animals when working in dense underbrush...