Word: dies
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...longer a battle between combatants. The cleverest fighter strikes behind the lines. And while few men lack the physical courage to risk their own lives, none will be willing to take the chance of having his wife and children die in their home because an enemy he has never seen can drop a bomb on his city...
...weeks ago things were different, but now it is only a question of time. One naturally does not hurry preparations when conditions are against the enemy. That is what is happening now. All things are against the rebels. . . . My wife said that I would surely die if I took the field. My answer was that I would sooner die on the field as a soldier than be caught in bed. Really, this revolt has improved my health. The change from civilian clothes to my old military uniform seems to have acted as a tonic. I am feeling much better than...
...conclusion drawn from Mr. Geer's limited survey is that the popular myth according to which good athletes die young, is false...
...Died. William A. Miske, 29, St. Paul heavyweight pugilist, of acute Bright's disease, in Minneapolis. In 114 fights he was knocked out only once- by Jack Dempsey at Benton Harbor, Mich., in 1920. His last fight was with Bill Brennan,six weeks ago. He knocked Brennan out in the fourth round. In 1920, when attacked by Bright's disease for the first time, he said: "If I am going to die, it might as well happen in the ring as in bed. Tell me what to do and I will beat this sickness...
...sits on the fence, (a very comfortable one), passing what snap judgements his fancy may dictate, it is satisfying to realize that in the field below the combat is intense, and that on descending into it, though he may perish from almost any cause, he will not die of boredom...