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Sparingly using his famed bolo punch the Kid kept battering Graham's head, shut one eye, half-shut the other. After 15 rounds, Graham was hanging on; this time Kid Hawk's decision was unanimous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Champ With the Crown | 10/13/1952 | See Source »

That stare through half-shut lashes and will never...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CANADA: Peace | 9/25/1939 | See Source »

Both Mrs. Keyes and Mrs. Copeland write with the little finger delicately curved, with the half-shut eyes and far away look of those who have inhabited Mt. Olympus. But Author Keyes's book is three times as long, illustrated with mouth-watering photographs of the Washington Great, and keyed in a gaily professional manner which reflects the fact that Mrs. Keyes was long a regular contributor to Good Housekeeping and the author of several novels. Her book is full of adventures, and all the adventures are parties. She had her first adventure (a White House reception) when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Ladies of the Senate | 6/21/1937 | See Source »

...half-shut afterward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poets & People | 8/31/1936 | See Source »

...FROM her half-shut window peeped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LA SERENADE. | 6/25/1879 | See Source »

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