Word: barres
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years ago when Companionate Marriage seemed to be an exciting issue and Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey toured the land debating it, polite audiences were accustomed to vote the Denver judge victor over whoever happened to be his adversary. But not in Philadelphia. There, balloting to choose a local figure to debate with Judge Lindsey, 5,000 people overwhelmingly picked Rev. Dr. Robert Bruce Whyte, pastor of Philadelphia's biggest church, First Presbyterian. After the debate, the Philadelphians owlishly upheld their choice, handed Ben Lindsey the first defeat he ever experienced...
When Gordy Robertson battled to a draw with Dick Barr, Ell 175-pounder, in the crucial bout of Saturday afternoon's fray, he assured the Crimson of the 4-4 the which indicates accurately the relative strength of the two teams...
...detective showed Mr. Burke a letter inviting a "Dear Friend" to the Olympian League's annual Nudism Forward Campaign. "How much would it cost?" "One dollar for single men, or single or married couples," answered Mr. Burke. Detective Barr had a Miss Anna Brady, a policewoman in plain clothes, with him. Both entered...
...gymnasium Mr. Barr and Miss Brady saw, they later said, "some ten men without any clothing whatever playing handball, and others tossing a medicine ball. Four women entered the dressing room, removed their clothes, and appeared on the gymnasium floor in the nude...
...naked old gentleman introduced himself to the disguised police and asked why they did not take off their clothes. Both pleaded bashfulness. "It's like taking your first plunge. Once you're in, there's nothing to it," explained Fred Topel, manager of the establishment. Mr. Barr and Miss Brady remained clothed. Someone gave the policewoman a chair so that she could watch 20 minutes of ordinary calisthenics. After that "both men and women went into the pool entirely unclothed and swam about...