Word: extras
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Fortnight ago, Col. Robert Isham Randolph, president of the Chicago Association of Commerce, told Northwestern students: "I could have any man I designated killed for $200 or $300. I could have President Scott put on the spot but it would cost a few hundred dollars extra." (TniE...
...high spots of the big "welcome home" party given for Cinemactress Marion Davies in Los Angeles last fortnight (TIME, Oct. 5) was the sudden entrance of a crowd of raucous newsboys. "Extra! Davies Returns!" they yelled, rushing among the guests and passing out copies of a paper...
...thousand newspaper offices the hearts of a thousand editors gave an extra-hard thump one day last week when the wire service tickers gave them the words: "Lindberghs . . . crash." In a moment it was clear that both Colonel & Mrs. Lindbergh were safe. They had been fished out of the filthy Yangtze River at Hankow by a lifeboat crew from the British aircraft carrier Hermes. Still, a crash was a crash and many a page-wide headline shrieked the news that afternoon. Next day it was being called a "ducking...
Since Carnera arrived in the U. S. almost two years ago (in an extra-large berth specially constructed for him on S.S. Olympic-TIME, Oct. 28, 1929) he has established himself as the most thoroughly publicized if not the ablest pugilist in history. By this time, everyone knows that he is 6 ft. 6½ in. tall; that his shoes are Size 20; that his walking stick on days when his managers expect him to be photographed, weighs 9 Ib.; that his neck is 20 in. around; that all other parts of his body, as is not usually the case...
...Secret Six" (antigang organization), told students & faculty of Northwestern University: "I Could have any man I designated killed for $200 or $300. I could have President Scott [Walter Dill Scott, president of Northwestern] put on the spot but it would probably cost a few hundred dol lars extra...