Word: fight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prowler Beebe captured many a specimen at night, aided by a 2,000-candlepower electric lamp, which attracted ocean-dwellers within netting range. Some fish, however, are repelled by fight. For these, dynamite was brought into play. Landlocked pools were poisoned to obtain their denizens. Some species, friendly but coy, Mr. Beebe captured by shooting tiny harpoons into them from a Daisy air rifle...
...flood a mere incident, and destroys the importance of Bozo's return to this hub of greater Boston. Small wonder that sleepless heads beat upon the blanched pillow of Beacon Hill; that hatred of Sacco and his partner in disaster faded as this news flashed. Many even forgot the fight to remove the Chevrolet sign from Park Square as they meditated upon the myth of Mary...
...Spirit of St. Louis and there are no more rivers to cross; when Coolidge and Rodgers play at Waldron's and an oyster is good for a hit in the ninth, then and then alone, and so forth. There are those, ladies and gentlemen, who prefer the bull fight; there are those who prefer the cock fight; and "Ghost Train" still draws crowds; but, and here may I quote Hamilton Jefferson Detroit Plymouth who said, "If a circus have but a single ring, that ring rings true...
...final meeting of the club Tuesday evening. The first half year of operation of the club plane has been an unqualified success, both aeronautically and financially and the club has never been compelled to go outside its own membership for the funds with which to carry on its fight activities. With the assistance of dues and flight fees it has paid a quarter of the purchase price of its Travel Air plane...
Last week people looked at a new kind of fight picture, 25,000 of them journeyed daily to Madison Square Garden to see it. They had long waits for their turns because the two circular viewing platforms built for the occasion would hold only 600 people at a time...