Word: chungli
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...books (How to Torture Your Wife), broke the story (in November 1941) of football's greatest spoof-the mythical Plainfield Teachers College, invented by Stockbroker Morris Newburger, which each Saturday "defeated" fictitious opponents (Scott, Randolph Tech) largely through the exploits of a hard-running Chinese back named John Chung. After New York newspapers solemnly printed game scores, Adams revealed the hoax with a column beginning...
...kind of theatre. The two greatest feminine performances I ever saw were given by Duse and Mei Lan-Fang; and the latter was the more notable achievement, for it had to overcome the greater handicaps." (Mei Lan-Fang was the foremost Chinese actor, and head of the Ching-Chung Monastery, who specialized in female impersonations). "In all kinds of theatre, the basic emotions are always the same; only the techniques of handling them differ...
Crystal Brawl. In Ipoh, Malaya, Fortune Teller Chung Kal Choon was fined $1.80 after he consulted Astrologer Kunju Rama, disagreed with the stargazer's predictions, beat...
...China Club looked forward to the day when the Chinese people will regain their freedom and their country, and looked back on the dedicated years of their organization. Member Harry O. Mitchell recalled how a few years ago he had changed his calling cards, substituting the Chinese characters Mei Chung for the syllables of his name, Mit Chell. Later he discovered that the characters had another meaning, which fittingly symbolized the whole club. In Chinese Mr. Mei Chung means Mr. America China...
...that, there was a lyrical interlude about a pair of magical serpents, one white, one green, who turn themselves into girls, one loving, one murderous. Then followed a sensational display of acting, dancing and pantomime called Troubles in the Heavenly Kingdom, in which a talented performer named Wang Ming-chung played the part of the immortal Monkey King who defeated the gods in a rough-and-tumble battle. Finally came an acrobatic ballet and a short, exotic concert on stage, featuring such instruments as the hsiao (bamboo flute), sheng (a super mouth organ), hsiao-na (a straight wooden bugle with...