Word: goode
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...corners, he rarely tries for kills but scores by making the other fellow miss. His trick of taking the crowd into his confidence with jokes and bits of pantomime has the double effect of drawing attention to himself and upsetting his antagonists; he is intensely superstitious, wears two good luck medals around his neck, and has embroidered on all his sweaters the talismanic image of a small dog sitting up, which he says was given to him by "a great lady of Czechoslovakia." Having left his dog on the sidelines, he began the finals last week in his customary...
...wife, the rumor that Loughran had died of the punch on his way out of the stadium led friends to call up his manager, one Joseph Smith, who said "Oh my God, no, no, no." Sharkey claims the world's heavyweight championship, but to make his claim good must beat Max Schmeling, now resting at home in Germany...
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. was born in 1907 to his father's first wife, Anna Beth Sully, daughter of a soapmaker. He went to various schools in Paris and London, learned to talk good French and heard enough Englishmen talk to fabricate with fair success the English accent he uses in The Careless Age. Partly because his father did not want him to be an actor, he studied sculpture and painting for a while and, like most expensively educated young men, wrote some poetry that was never published. He worked in a few pictures as an extra and showed...
...Pawtucket, R. I., Dr. William Rothwell, 63, is known as a good physician, a generous host. For 30 years he has always reached for his wallet, always stood treat. Recently he ordered his tombstone. A great boulder, it now stands, ready, in a local cemetery. His inscription: "This...
...three. A brilliant mind, but lacking in balance; and I would say it was entirely because he had not given his body the attention and care to which it was justly entitled. . . .* Loving care you give your body will be returned with many rich rewards. It will insure you good digestion. . . . It will give you bright eyes...