Word: fighter
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...compact little Curtiss fighter, "the smallest plane which could be built around a 420-hp. Whirlwind," one of five built for the Navy for installation within the airship Akron...
...ring canvas was spattered with blood. Reporters at the ringside held up newspapers to shield themselves. The referee had to wipe blood from his hands between rounds. But still the awkward, stooping little fighter advanced, his gloves now at his head for relief from the hammering it was getting, and now in furious, smashing action against the ribs and head of his opponent. The little fighter's flat nose, freshly broken, bubbled redly as he snorted for breath. His head rocked as punch after punch landed on it. But on & on he went, crowding, slamming, tearing in like...
Short in physical stature, Mr. Baker does not look the politician, but the squareness and determination of his jaw indicates the temperament of a fighter and a leader. The White House could not find a better occupant when the vacancy sign hangs out next March...
Continually harassed by Prohibition agents in their Manhattan Night Club, the company decides to carry on henceforth on the safe side of the Rio Grande. There Mr. Overman offers to make Mr. Lahr a bull fighter, working him up to a great pitch of excitement by pointing out that all the women will want to make love to him. As to the dangers, Mr. Lahr has to admit that in his anxiety he had been "making a mountain out of a Dunhill." His courage rises even higher when Mr. Overman drags out a small, moony-eyed calf which he says...
...Charlie Cope of Two Rivers. Wis. wrote his wartime friend James Joseph ("Gene") Tunney to ask if he had once taken part in a brawl in a bistro in Romorantin, France. Wrote Fighter Tunney: "How nice of you to send me such a charming letter! It must have been another Marine...