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Word: gardini (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Gene Bowman to the mat. A few minutes later a much stronger burst of applause greeted Wrestler Mortensen's sturdy sister Clara as, clad in a uniform which resembled a two-piece bathing suit, she climbed into the ring for a feature match with chunky Maria Gardini. After one fall apiece, Wrestler Mortensen, only moderately flushed by her exertions, suddenly lifted Wrestler Gardini over her head, spun her around a few times, slammed her dizzy to the mat, pounced on her so that only her vainly wriggling legs were visible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Strong Sister | 11/1/1937 | See Source »

...TIME. Nov. 25: "In Spring Valley, Ill., when Prisoners James Gardini and Felix Mayeski asked Mayor-Judge Tonelli for mercy on the grounds that they could have escaped from the jail had they chosen, the Mayor bet them their freedom they could not escape...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Dec. 16, 1935 | 12/16/1935 | See Source »

...Spring Valley, Ill., when Prisoners James Gardini and Felix Mayeski asked Mayor-Judge Tonelli for mercy on the grounds that they could have escaped from the jail had they chosen, the Mayor bet them their freedom they could not escape. He locked them in their cell, walked upstairs and out the jail's front door, where he was met by Gardini and Mayeski, who had twisted off the rusty bars of their cell window...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Nov. 25, 1935 | 11/25/1935 | See Source »

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