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...This is the flea that bit the rat that had the germ of the bubonic plague...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Uncommon Sense | 8/25/1924 | See Source »

...This is the man who got the flea that bit the rat that had the germ ot the bubonic plague...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Uncommon Sense | 8/25/1924 | See Source »

...quick, strong and clever; Pancho was quicker, stronger and cleverer. The Terror would rush in and shoot his fists out with a snappy jerk, but those fists seldom hit anything except thin air. The sullen brown boy was .like a flea on hot bricks. He fought with his body close to the floor, thus reducing his five ft. one inch to something under three ft. As the big Bud approached, Pancho would spring into the air, punching, pounding and pulverizing that unfortunate Terror from Terre Haute...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Flea | 6/23/1924 | See Source »

...first round the flyweight drew blood from the lip of the blond. Each succeeding round Pancho opened up the cut with a clump or a clout and the blood spurted down the Buddy jaw. Each time Bud came back for more punishment, the human flea bit him. But he remained thoroughly game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Flea | 6/23/1924 | See Source »

...bridled under these "impudent" attacks by the Labor Ministry. "If the citizens of the United States have such methods as will enable them to get the stuff in whenever they can with impunity," he declared, "it has nothing to do with me. What I am doing is a flea bite. Why should I be referred to as a 'disgraceful blot' for trying to meet this demand by a straight trading proposition...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: British Commonwealth of Nations: Parliament's Week: Jun. 9, 1924 | 6/9/1924 | See Source »

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