Word: snapped
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...eighth Australian cattle dog, and the remainder Redbone or Walker hound. Explains Hulet: "Thoroughbred hounds don't have the courage that crosses do. The pit bull in 'em makes 'em vicious and tenacious. The cattle dog in 'em gives 'em enough sense to snap and get out of the way. You ought to have spotted coats, too. Bears are so nearsighted they can see a spotted dog better, and that will make them quicker to tree or turn to fight...
...hearing was the movie theater of a Cuban army base, where the piano was shoved aside to make room for the bench. Five uniformed judges sat at a table while guards with machine guns watched spectators munching sandwiches and sipping soft drinks. At times the presiding judge would snap his fingers and send a boy off for coffee. After a two-hour trial and 20 minutes of deliberation, the court produced a four-page typewritten verdict of guilty. The sentence: 14 years at hard labor, suspended on condition that Buchanan get out of Cuba in 24 hours...