Word: fronts
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...front cover...
...Breaks. There is always a breath of country air in the production of J. C. (Father) and Elliott (Son) Nugent. They write their plays, one would suppose, while sitting on the front porch, and then read the script to the neighbors. Although the plot of their latest contribution hangs upon a surgical operation which is highly sophisticated if scientifically vague, the play retains a rural placidity. Perhaps this is because Father Nugent, a portly but very mildly sinister figure, acts his leading role...
...that the field was narrowing down the good runners had moved into settled positions. Near the front was Clarence H. De Mar, who had won the race five times. Clarence H. De Mar is 40, and emaciated, but he is the most efficient long distance runner in the U. S. Far behind De Mar plodded Jimmy Henigan who had been running in marathons for eight years but had never finished among the leaders. Before the race he had told a friend that he was going to win or break a blood vessel...
...automobiles stood side by side, their motors rumbling, their front wheels on the starting-line of the Indianapolis speedway. At the flash of the signal the two roared off in a cloud of blue exhaust, the drivers handling their cars carefully, expertly, in anticipation of the 24-hour grind that lay ahead of them...
...March, the baby was born and with it, thought sophisticated newsreaders, a precedent. They foresaw future front pages headlined with "scoops" in a day when scoops are rare. . . . ASTERBILTS ABOUT TO HAVE A CHILD. . . . MOVIE QUEEN WILL BEAR TWINS, DOCTOR PREDICTS. . . . MAGNATE'S OFFSPRING THREE WEEKS OVERDUE...