Word: fasted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...This is a big night. Three million dollars' worth of boxing bugs are gathering around a ring at Soldiers' Field, Chicago. Here come some of the preliminary boys. . . . Oho, that was a fast one . . .that hurt. . . . Well, they tried pretty hard . . . boxing is a prosaic business. ... I came up from St. Louis today in an airplane . . . that's real . . . you and the pilot and God ALL ALONE TOGETHER. . . . Have you seen Eddie Dowling's show? . . . Another preliminary . . . that is better . . . oho . . . hard left...
...McNamee sang soprano. Now 34, he has long since lost his high notes but still sings in concert as a baritone, always including in his program "The Fields O' Ballydare," simple Irish ballad. But he has little time for concerts. Things happen fast in the U. S., and, wherever in the U. S. anything nationally important is happening, Graham McNamee sits there telling the world...
...another off so well that even the antiquated engine, the "Isobel", has to take a back seat, and "Isobel" has captivated her audience as well as her engineer in a case of "love at first toot." But while Conklin and Bancroft are not always funny, they are always fast in a brand new comedy background, namely the railroad field which seems to have infinite possibilities, especially when this pair are out to make a run. Indeed, these two comedians seem to be out to undo the jinx that makes so many slapstick favorites of the footlights flops of the Kleig...
...football practice this year, and Burns has subsequently vindicated the shift by earning an undisputed berth in the team A backfield. With Moore and French, Burns ranks first among the University punters, and is also a drop and place kicker of merit. He is rugged in build a fast runner, and gives promise of being an effective ball carrier...
...Crosby '28 and David Gurarnacia '28 Harvard will have two fast, shifty backs. Two years ago Crosby, as a Sophomore, was the sensation of the University season, but was ineligible last fall. Gurarnacia was a gridiron unknown in his Freshman year, but last season rose from the Seconds and developed into one of the fastest interfering backs and the most accurate passer on the University squad. This pair shoud bother the Vermont defense in today's game...