Word: footedness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Scorpions crawled on the bosom of Lake Cayuga one afternoon last week - the red-and-white-footed scorpion of Cornell and the blue-and-gold of California. For nearly three miles they crawled evenly, staccato voices in their tails urging their legs to greater labor. Then open water began to...
It was a tired referee that staggered out of a Manhattan ring last week where awkward Light-Heavyweight Champion Paul Berlenbach had been defending himself against flat -footed Challenger Billy ("Young") Stribling. The latter had spent all but three of 15 rounds hugging close to his rangy opponent, out of...
A crowd of 75,000 persons, ranked along Philadelphia streets, stood on tiptoes and strained eyes to catch a glimpse of a 38-year-old typesetter running along the pavement. He had run 26 miles and more that day, and had beaten by long margin a field of 62 other...
The two unities which she lays down as principles for the short story writer she obeys almost throughout. The unities are those of time and vision, and they secure the effect of compactness and of instantaneity. "The Young Gentlemen," done in her most sure footed manner, shows Mrs. Wharton at...
Last week idlers in Florida beheld what is now known as "a protracted assassination." The weapon: a smooth steel club with a crook in it and a wooden haft. The assassin: a swart, puss-footed gentleman with a debonair smile, immaculate raiment and merciless accuracy of eye and wrist. He...