Word: ear
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This is the second time the young prince has been treated for congenital deafness. The first time Dr. May, of London, another celebrated ear specialist, performed an operation which had only temporary results. Both Drs. May and Muncie favor manipulative surgery?that is, without the use of any instruments, the fingers alone being used...
Unless he is thoroughly indifferent to his ribbons and his glory, Charles Paddock, world's champion (American) sprinter, now in Paris, has his ear to the ground anxiously awaiting echoes from America. The echoes fall from the flying feet of Frank Hussey, of Stuyvesant High School (Manhattan), who (at the P. S. A. L. championship games, in Brooklyn) equalled the world's record of 9% in the 100-yard dash, jointly held by Paddock, Howard Drew and Dan Kelly...
...Mussolini. Mr. Lee says Mussolini's rule is personal. When speaking with Americans he used an interpreter, but " so mobile is his face and so rapid its play of expression that the watching interviewer can get his meaning almost before the English words reach the ear." The Premier attended the recent session of the International Chamber of Commerce held in Rome. Cinema men prepared to take a picture of him. The great man frowned?the picture was not taken. Explaining his change from Socialism to Fascism, Mussolini said: "I looked at Russia and saw the logical outcome of what...
...must be some people who haven't heard a joke in ten years. And all the other ingredients that go to make up a successful musical comedy are there in profusion. The music is catchy and pleasant?indeed some of the songs will probably afflict the flat-dweller's ear from the phonograph next door for months to come. Vivienne Segal has one of the best voices in light opera and uses it with effectiveness and precision. Richard Carle and Billy B. Van carry most of the comedy between them and do it well...
...cauliflower ear, characteristic flora of the prize ring, is withering away. Careful inspection of the three champions now training to defend their titles within the month- Jack Dempsey against Tom Gibbons, Johnny Kilbane against Eugene Criqui, Jimmy Wilde against Pancho Villa-reveals that none show the effects of auricular horticulture. Further research into the personal appearances of the six other ring champions discloses only one cauliflower ear. It is attached to the head of Johnny Dundee. A cauliflower ear is the ridged, mushroom-like appendage that remains after years of unfriendly massage by the fists of opposing pugilists. Its modern...