Word: bulls
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Arbiter & Wit. At about this time Lord Birkenhead delivered his memorable knife thrust at the late Viscount Younger of Leckie (then Sir George Younger) who fancied himself for the Prime Ministry. "Since the day when the proverbial frog swelled itself up in rivalry with the bull until it burst," he said in part, "no frog ever has been in such grave physical danger as Sir George Younger." Of the Bonar Law Cabinet in 1923 Lord Birkenhead said: "They remind me of the Duke of Wellington's observation upon his generals: 'I don't know whether they will frighten the enemy...
...They traced his history: at 12 he had been chef d'orchestre in the theatre of his native town (Tver in North Russia), composed whatever music was required for the plays and conducted the entr'actes. At 14 he went to Moscow to study, chose for his instrument the bull fiddle, toured Europe for ten years as a contrabass virtuoso. By 1919 he had achieved his ambition, become a conductor again. Koussevitzky concerts were soon famous in Moscow and Petrograd but that was not enough for its leader. He wanted to reach the great masses of Russians who had never...
...Wolf of Wall Street," as previously set forth is a term applied to any successful operator who may even have been suspected of tricky doings applicable to bear or bull side alike...
...Spain fortnight ago a bull killed a man with a sword (TIME, Sept. 22). In Czechoslovakia, last week, a corpse shot a man with a pistol. Explanation: In the village of Bruex one Wenzel Kokoschka grew tired of life, blew out his brains with one bullet from a seven-shot repeater, lay on his face unnoticed for several hours. In due time the corpse was discovered...
Almost killed at San Sebastian last week was famed Matador Cazaucido, until now one of Spain's favorites. Overcome, as his friends insist, "by the presence of too many fair admirers," he refused to face the bull, was drummed from the ring in disgrace, fled for his life from whistling, bottle-throwing, infuriated spectators...