Word: brawling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Just heard over the radio that those women who style themselves "American mothers" have staged another brawl, this time including the British Ambassador in their publicity...
...always been forthright in his tactics. In Shanghai in 1940, when British and Italian Marines began to brawl, Tommy Hart didn't wait to consult the Japanese Admiral, who regarded the settlement as his preserve. He went to work on the British and Italian commanders, within a few hours had a twelve-man inter-allied patrol keeping peace throughout Shanghai. The patrol was made up of four Seaforth Highlanders, four Italian Marines, four U.S. Navy men, who were tactfully planted in the middle of the group...
...story went that the famous Nannie, recently made an honorary editor of the "Advocate," would be here for the game, and would liven up the magazine's brawl after the fray. In fact, the report was so persistent that a young man, not more than 10 years old, waited for over two hours outside of the "Advocate's" offices on Mount Auburn Street on the chance of getting a look at the famous profile...
Some results of New York City's bitter brawl...
...Daddy") Wood, believing that "the mother in the home is the key to future civilization," had gathered some 500 housewives and professionals (psychiatrists, teachers, et al,) for a three-day forum on The American Woman and Her Responsibilities. But Daddy Wood's family gathering turned into a family brawl...