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...rightist deputies. He was followed by a strong Communist detachment. Then Pietro Nenni, a follower of the party line, led a sizable Socialist task force into the fray. Inkwells hurtled. Chairs were swung. Fists landed with a satisfying thud on legislative noses. Nearly 200 deputies took part in the brawl. Centrists tried frantically to untangle the Right and the Left...
...with battery and freed on $500 bail. He would be tried by a jury May 27. He flew off to Manhattan, where the Council Against Intolerance in America gave him a prize for other efforts. Manhattan's left-winging tabloid PM, on Frankie's side, dignified the brawl with a 1,000-word editorial. (He "must have warmed the hearts of millions," said PM-but conceded that this was probably not the best way to strike a blow at race prejudice.) In the Hearstpapers-which painstakingly reviewed Frankie's association with left-wing groups...
...Cubs' catcher, Mickey Livingston: "Yeah, you! Grimm never used you this year until the pennant race was over, did he? Couldn't take a chance with a bum like you when the chips were down!" Catcher Livingston headed toward the Dodger bench angrily, and the ensuing brawl with an umpire lasted long enough for Durocher's purposes. It was soon too dark to continue the game. The game ended: Dodgers 2, Cubs...
Carnival in Costa Rica (20th Century-Fox), a happy brawl of tone and color, shows off a few of the complications that may develop when parents arrange marriages for their children and the children arrange their romances otherwise...
...this ready-for-a-brawl atmosphere the final voting began, article by article. There were shouts aplenty, but no major amendments. Articles 1 and 27 were approved in their original form, and another controversial clause (moving the capital from Nanking to Peiping) was eliminated after the Gissimo vowed that the interests of both north and south China would be respected. When the session recessed, one-third of the 151 articles had been approved. Final adjournment was set tentatively for Christmas Eve. China could look forward to a great Christmas gift...