Word: awk
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Creators of comic strips have done much with the Sunday Night idea; what could be better material? Papa in his stocking feet; Mama in a temper; horrible noises rising around from huge-mouthed canary birds, thrown vases, dying pet; "Awk," "Tweet-Tweet," "Glub-Glub," "Plunk," "Zowie...
...pound Negro fought a 185-pound Irishman. Harry Wills of New Or leans, repeated challenger. of Champion Dempsey, won a decision but failed to knock out (or even knock down) awk ward but plucky Bartley Madden. Indeed, as the fight progressed, Mad den began to wax more and more potent while the giant Senegambian "appeared to be tiring from his own efforts." Counting those who graced telephone and telegraph poles that over looked the arena, 20,000 persons saw the encounter. Madden absorbed ter rific punishment at close quarters - he was soundly whacked on eye, jaw, crown, ribs and solar...