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The heat wave which waved and stayed in the eastern states of United America, waved its way across the Atlantic to stay with the disunited States of Europe. With the rise of the thermometer, vitality sank and with the increase of humidity, ambition faltered. An unnamed U. S. newspaper correspondent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: General State | 6/15/1925 | See Source »

The last fall was quickly decided. Lewis appeared, his back well bandaged; soon he was lying limp on those bandages. The heavyweight title had passed to Wayne Munn. The crowd went "mad-dog," scrambled on its seats, shook the rafters of Convention Hall as it screeched, boomed, barked salvos of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Lewis vs. Munn | 1/19/1925 | See Source »

But, unless the Princeton team is unlike its predecessors, victory will not be attained by mere wishing. In the past two years Harvard has gone away from its defeats disappointed, dejected and perhaps a little "sore" and inclined to search for some hidden explanation for the defeat of the "invincible...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THAT PRINCETON GAME | 11/9/1923 | See Source »

In northern Italy a band of ardent Fascisti were passing through a village. Atop a castle tower was a red flag! Infuriated, the Fascist leader went to the Prefect and informed him that the village was in the hands of the Communists. The local Fascisti were called to arms and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: A Red Flag | 10/8/1923 | See Source »

In spite of the score, the Army eleven was not without its individual stars. French, one of the Rutgers transfers, whom Foster Sanford wistfully terms his "Phantom Eleven," several times skidded past man after man when it seemed that he surely would be thrown for no gain or for a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON COLLEGE GRIDIRONS | 11/4/1920 | See Source »

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