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But it’s not the dirty-looking curs that run, snarl, bark and gnash their teeth behind fences when a visitor approaches that one needs to fear.

“No different than the marshal who goes after his man even after the dirty cur shoots him. He still gets the job done before he gives in to pain.”

Back in 1889, when the zoo was still on the Mall, some “cur dogs” from the neighborhood entered the pen containing an antelope that had only recently arrived from the West.

They might be blackguards; They might be curs; They might be actors; sports; chauffeurs — She never inquired Of the men she desired About their social status, or wealth: She was only concerned about their health.

The new stay-at-home order will cur sharply into the most profitable shopping season and threaten financial ruin for businesses already struggling after 10 months of on-again, off-again restrictions and slow sales because of the pandemic.