Word: fists
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Petter's Bombshell. With a single blow of his hard Canadian fist, Baron Beaverbrook shattered the idyllic calm of poor Sir Ernest Willoughby Petter. Sir Ernest was told that he could either get up on his feet and fight the presslords' battle against Stanley Baldwin or they would smash his candidacy by putting up a third Conservative candidate. What could he do but accept the aid of two such very rich...
Lawyer Belotti, self-constituted leader of the worldlings, and Don Taddeo soon, came to grips. The lawyer wanted to show the actors the town's chief relic, an ancient bucket; but the priest had the key, refused to give it up. Feeling ran high; there were fist fights; the fortunes of war wavered. In desperation Don Taddeo even set fire to the inn where Sin kept wakeful nights. In the end he surrendered the key, confessed himself beaten; the bucket was displayed. After four Dionysiac weeks the opera company departed. Shouted Lawyer Belotti: "What are we? A little town...
...brows of Tiger Clemenceau, possibly the greatest atheist who ever lived, contracted and he banged his fist upon the table...
...Dallas, Lugia Montagna (Bull Montana), monster second-rate wrestler, famed because his ogreish face and huge frame have gotten him many cinema jobs, made one John Kilonis so angry in a wrestling match that Kilonis hit Montana with his fist. Montana defended himself, knocked Kilonis across the ring. Referee Cyclone Fox declared Montana winner on a foul. Kilonis took a swing at Cyclone Fox. Montana helped Fox. Spectators jumped into the ring to help Kilonis. More spectators jumped in to help Montana. Riot and pandemonium followed. No one was seriously hurt. Some of Montana's pictures: Show of Shows...
...mighty dead, Minister of Agriculture Professor Madgearu spoke ill last week to the Rumanian Chamber of Deputies. An uproar and several fist fights started, forcing suspension of the session...