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Word: duels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...This duel reminds one of Mark Twain's experience. As a second to one of the somewhat corpulent participants, he was delegated to stand directly in his principal's rear. At the sight of his opponent's toy pistol, the duelist fainted into Mark Twain's arms, carrying away everything behind him. If one is to believe our humorist, he received thirteen wounds, only seven of them fatal, and enjoyed the distinction of being the first person injured in a French duel in twenty years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A LOST ART | 11/1/1923 | See Source »

Reason for the sale of the News is found in its tabloid style, small size, picture service, candidly low appeal. Its photographers are either omnipresent or winged. Last week a gangster and a paymaster's guard fought a duel fatal to both; the News' camera reached the scene before the coroner, obtaining a picture of the two bodies as they lay in the street...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Circulation Figures | 10/22/1923 | See Source »

...game began with a brief punting duel, after which the Freshman team got into fighting trim and took the ball from their own 40 yard line on a 60 yard jaunt across the Exeter goal line. A holding penalty started the Freshmen 15 yards on their way. Then Zarakov, Miller and Coady combined to rush a first down. The next first down came on a forward pass from Zarakov to Hamlen, which left the ball on the Exeter 30 yard line. Then Zarakov, Miller and Coady took up the march again, Miller finally carrying the ball across from the three...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BLOCKED KICK DEFEATS EXETER IN LAST PERIOD | 10/22/1923 | See Source »

...always been a hard team to beat and with almost everything in their favor this year, they seem likely to turn the tables. It was only Buell's toe which saved the University in 1920 and 1921, and many will remember last year's game with the sensational punting duel between Gherke and the veteran Simendinger. The first half ended 0 to 0, then on a wet, slippery field in the second half the visitors made two mistakes and the Harvard backfield began to function until they finaly won by a comfortable margin...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOLY CROSS TEAM LOOKS FOR REVENGE | 10/17/1923 | See Source »

...leading juvenile, fell under her spell and forgot all about his interest in little Celinda, the flower of the Rio Negro, who used to lasso him jokingly in the most affectionate manner. But things went too far when Pirovani and Canterac staged a fistfight and then a pistol-duel about her. Pirovani was killed, Canterac fled from justice, the Marquis began to feel that there was something a little excessive about Elena's charm, so he went and committed suicide?and Watson was quite disillusioned when he discovered that Elena had put Manos Duras, the bandit, up to kidnapping little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Temptress* | 9/17/1923 | See Source »

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