Word: stalked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...almost out of his wits. He is dismayed when a child is born with teeth, or cuts its upper teeth first, and usually does away with it. The birth of twins is an omen of disaster. If a banana tree sprouts fruit not at the end of the stalk but near the middle, the plant is promptly cut down and the owner is considered in peril of death. If a dog is remarkably lucky at hunting, it is thought to be catching game to be served at its owner's funeral. Aberrations in the behavior of animals, sexual...
Instead of smartly biting off the tip, or cutting it off with a knife and conveying it to his lips with a fork, Vegetarian Hitler picks up a stalk of asparagus with his fingers, inserts the tip between his lips, sucks vigorously, frequently consuming the entire stalk. Since most thrifty, common Germans, when they get a chance at asparagus, eat it in exactly this fashion, Realmleader Hitler again stood vindicated last week as "The Apotheosis of The Common...
...seats are free to first-comers who arrive hours before curtain time, munch their suppers while they wait. In the $2 seats early-dining socialites sit comfortably on cushions hawked at every entrance. But informality prevails at Forest Park performances. The popcorn sale is heavy. Soft-drink men stalk the aisles. St. Louis expects much this year of Producer Laurence Schwab. Boston-born Harvardman whose Broadway record shines. Producer Schwab will follow the established "Muny" pattern, change operas every Monday during the twelve-week season.* Teresina was a sterile, tuneless start last week but the direction at least was blameless...
Author Faulkner likes Joycean agglutinations. Example from Pylon: " 'Deposit five cents for three minutes please,' the bland machine-voice chanted. The metal stalk sweatclutched, the guttapercha bloom cupping his breathing back at him, he listened, fumbled, counting as the discreet click and cling died into wirehum...
...while Mr. Hoeing was walking by Stoughton and Hollis that he smelled a rat and began to stalk his prey just as his illustrious ancestors in colonial days. Only a few half-awake Freshmen raised their heads to watch their doughty proctor encounter the animal with his stick...