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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...morning; or perhaps they are alliteration fiends unable to find one for "Armenian," use "Terrible Turk" and "Krushing Kurd." Let him be known hereafter as the "Artful Armenian." Having retired from the U. S. Navy a few years ago, Ekizian is known coast to coast as the undefeated wrestling champ in those circles. His honorable discharge papers are always on hand to prove to the Doubting Thomas that he IS an Armenian. Besides if he were a Turk, he wouldn't be able to win so many times! . . . Another false fact, deserving of enlightenment, is that Ekizian...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 8, 1936 | 6/8/1936 | See Source »

...convention Van Buren got a majority vote for the Presidential nomination on the first ballot, could not raise it to two-thirds. Tired delegates compromised on Dark Horse James K. Polk. At Baltimore in 1912 the two-thirds rule changed the history of the world when Champ Clark got a majority on eight ballots, finally lost the nomination to Woodrow Wilson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Two-Thirds Out | 5/11/1936 | See Source »

Wysocki Mitt Champ...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTRAMURAL MAT CROWN GOES TO CHIEF BOSTON | 3/20/1936 | See Source »

...galaxy of Paris' highest paid and most dexterously emotional lawyers, all 20 defendants offered substantially the same defense: "misplaced confidence." They knew that the late Sacha Stavisky. alias Serge Alexandre, hobnobbed with Cabinet Ministers. They knew that a Rothschild had sold to Sacha horses which raced at Long-champ carrying his silks, while Sacha watched "from the box of the President of the Republic." They had heard of Sacha's obtaining for an Anglophile member of his gang an introduction to the Prince of Wales at Biarritz. Finally they saw Sacha spend, and helped him spend, millions & millions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: 'Misplaced Confidence | 1/27/1936 | See Source »

Leading the Crimson entrants will be John S. Hurd 2L, 1934 Intercollegiate Champ and number 3 ranking player in the United States. Philip E. Lilienthal '36, fencing captain and star performer, will also be on hand...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIVE HARVARD FENCERS IN OLYMPIC TRYOUTS | 1/22/1936 | See Source »

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