Word: boy
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That Vincent O'Neill (see above), according to the boy's father, was never stone-blind. Said his father: "He has a no-growth cataract over one eye. The other eye has perfect vision...
...custom hereabouts," he wrote, "to put a shilling in the pockets of a boy's first long trousers to bring him luck and wealth. May it bring Rumania's handsome little king all the luck in the world, and any additional wealth that he may desire...
Paul Muni grew up traveling with the stock-companies in which his father and mother had parts. When he was 11, they needed someone to play an old man. The thin boy with his piping voice made up well in the part. When he was a little older he worked in art theatres. Sam Harris put him on contract. He made hits in such plays as We Americans and Four Walls. He was pleased with Seven Faces because it gave him a chance to exercise his hobby?facial makeup. He likes fights, football games, concerts, is bored by tennis...
...wish I could do something great like save President Hoover's life. You know what I'd ask for when they asked me what I wanted for a reward? You know? A license, just a license. Boy, I'd be a millionaire inside of six months. I'd set up right opposite the University and could I make the dough...
...Johannesburg, South Africa, a herds-boy, twelve, killed a lioness with a bow and arrow...