Word: footedness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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"One day I smashed a jeweler's plate glass window with a heavy hammer. Instantly a crowd of hundreds assembled, with a great uproar of shouting, thinking it was the deed of an anarchist. I ran away, to avoid violence. But the jeweler, a fleet-footed young man, ran...
In Le Havre, France, one Joseph Eggermaier, Czechoslovak, tired, raw-footed, hid in a life boat of the French Liner Paris. He had walked the 600 miles from Liege, Belgium; now he would sneak a free eight-hour ride to Plymouth, England. He settled himself and yawned . . . salt air was...
As in all wars, each party has its victories to boast, its defeats to alibi. The Shelton adherents slapped thighs, exchanged felicitations over the destruction of "Shady Rest", an old roadhouse fortified as Birger headquarters. In November, some of the Shelton gang, progressive, modern-minded, bought an airplane, dropped bombs...
For 26 years his writings on juvenile sociologv have been chiefly confined to specific discussion of cases arising in his social clinic, with strong but never revolutionary suggestions to society at large. But last week, when the February Red Book reached newsstands, Judge Lindsey laid before the country his creed...
Of the many types of musical comedy, ranging from the regal romance, laden with sobs, wishy-washy waltzes, and heavy footed comedians, through the blonde-chorused extravaganza with its endless array of stars, to the so-called "intimate" type, the last named is usually more dependable. Some pleasant tunes, a...