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...Paddy Mack, Boston wrestler: a bout with one Mustapha Pasha; when a spectator tossed a lighted cigaret into Mustapha Pasha's open mouth, causing him to squeal, choke, lie flat on his back; in Hollywood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Who Won | 6/27/1932 | See Source »

...bill had been paid by "Mr. Al?Mr. Capone?the gentleman there." Witness Ryder said Capone's friends "gave me a sandwich sometimes," thought "Mr. Al was a mighty fine man," even though he still owed him $125. He told of being paid $250 from "a roll that would choke an ox"?as big as Judge Wilkerson's fist. "There were money wrappers by the handful around the place. All marked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Who Wouldn't Be Worried? | 10/19/1931 | See Source »

...this time Professor Shaw could no longer choke down his laughter. Slapping his middle he burst out: "What a comic world!" Then related just how it all had happened...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Whistling Morons | 10/12/1931 | See Source »

...printed. They hope to have rubles to burn, and for each burned ruble there will be that much deflation. But there was one flaw in the bright new plan last week. The Government, having switched from cards to stores, raised most prices 50%. This may or may not choke off the expected rush of buyers. If it seems to choke too hard, the State will prevent strangulation by lowering prices. German banks, who do a little bootleg business in rubles,* reported last year that they were getting batches of Soviet banknotes all bearing the same serial number. Naturally the holder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Rubles to Burn | 5/25/1931 | See Source »

...automobile driver feel instantly at home. The dashboard almost exactly duplicates that of the oldtime Model T Ford car. The pilot sits at the wheel, flips a conventional Ford motor switch on the instrument board, presses his heel on an ordinary Ford starter button, pulls out a Ford choke rod, shifts his feet to-instead of a rudder bar-a set of pedals like the old Ford transmission pedals, yanks with his left hand a Ford brake lever that locks both wheels, or brakes either one for ground-steering. Because the engine and propeller are far separated from the cabin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Something Informal | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

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