Word: adept
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Olga Knipper had a miscarriage, and the Chekhov who plays a waiter in this picture is not-as the arrogance of the famous name he uses without modifiers seems to proclaim-Chekhov's son, but Chekhov's nephew Mikhail. It is an earnest but not very adept story of the hatred of privilege that smoldered so long in the hearts of the Russian people. Best sequence: the banknote that Mikhail Chekhov picks up and hides, first in his sock, then under his shirtfront, then in his pocket, and finally gives back to its owner, who forgets to thank...
...overheard the reason, heard that he too was probably marked as a victim. He determined to cheat untimely death by making himself strong. In St. Louis, in the midst of struggles to earn his living, he joined a gymnasium. Soon his muscles began to bulge. He became an adept gymnast, an expert Greco-Roman wrestler. He entered the lightweight national tournament, won it; challenged Chicago's welterweight champion, flattened him in four minutes; challenged Chicago's Heavyweight Champion Frank Whitmore, downed him in 91 minutes. After unsuccessful tries as acrobat and laundryman, Macfadden announced himself as a "kinistherapist...