Word: abe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Setting of Pylon is the city of "New Valois." New Orleanians will quickly pierce the thin disguise, will wryly admit the biting likeness of the "Feinman Field" to their own "Abe" Shushan airport, reclaimed at enormous expense from the waters of Lake Pontchartrain. Dubious hero of the tale is a nameless and quixotic reporter, who is covering an airmeet at Feinman Field and stumbles on a queer situation, a flying triangle. Laverne, the woman-apex, is technically married to Shumann, a racing pilot, and her little boy bears his name. But she has no idea whether Shumann or the other...
Larry Crampton has collected a considerable following which made itself evidence when he won a decision over Abe Smick in the 135-pound class. He is an accomplished counter fighter, and landed some of the most telling blows of the afternoon in this...
Although it has been the tendency of the public to look upon the loud-mouthed Huey's escapades as opera bouffe, and to snicker at his elevation of Abe Mickal, star of the gridiron to the rank of state senator, the ousting of the college students is somewhat less laughable...
...Baton Rouge to address a pep meeting in behalf of his political football team, Louisiana State University. The team was getting ready to trounce George Washington University in Washington, 6-to-0. In its absence, "Kingfish" Long proclaimed that the rally constituted a parish meeting, solemnly had Right Halfback Abe Mickal elected State Senator...
...pure mathematics in the business scramble, but his conscience was still guarding the grave. He disliked his wife's literary, artistic circle, disbelieved in her "career," dispossessed her in favor of more responsive women. As long as he had studied mathematics on the sly with his brilliant friend, Abe Parass, he felt some future hope. But now he never saw Abe ; business opportunities were coming thicker ; soon there would be no future. Hugo tried to still his despair with drink and women. Meanwhile his wife had taken a lover. To make Hugo notice, she finally had to tell...