Word: fight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...year-old fight between "regular" and "progressive" Republicans in Wisconsin was sure to continue. "As far as I am concerned, I have just begun to fight," said Brother Bob last month. Since the "regulars" are stronger now than they have ever been since 1908, it would not be surprising to see Brother Phil pitch in as a candidate in some election soon, if and when needed...
Boston Opera House at 8.10-"The Big Fight". Jack Dempsey says "yes" and "no" alternately for two acts, and then in the third knocks the other guy for a loop...
...court the virginal teaser appears as a voluntary witness, convinces the magistrate that she was the cause of the fight and tells the crowded courtroom (which includes her mother) that she is a lady of joy. The magistrate discharges the prisoner-gob, saying, "Instead of protecting you from these young men, we should protect them from you." This is not one of the best pieces, but it is one of Clara Bow's best. One Jack Oakie, as a sailor named "Searchlight," ought to get somewhere as a character actor with the flattest face on the two-dimensional medium. James...
...cure lepers last week received a worthwhile shock. Few have seen lepers. They have read about lepers in the Bible and medieval histories; they have heard doctors and missionaries tell of the silvery horror. But it has been easy to believe that science was curing leprosy, that money to fight the disease was not badly needed...
...most noteworthy factors in the game. "Carolina has no excuse," he stated, "Your Harvard team overwhelmed us, but we feel that it was not lack of opposition on our part, but excellent playing by your men. Harvard will give any team going a knock-down, drag-out fight...