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...technically perfect as ever; her pianissimos were downy, though her full voice had its familiar fault, a trace of stridency. Her main worry, however, was "getting through the afternoon without a broken neck. That man [Vinay] is crazy in this role." She survived two wristlocks and a hammerlock, and managed to display a fair amount of dramatic ability in doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Soprano Doubleheader | 2/18/1952 | See Source »

...Captain Howland Stoddard was the solo Harvard wrestler to qualify in the first day of competition in the Eastern Intercollegiates here today, when he throw Barnet of Columbia with a half-nelson and body at 4.01, and then pinned Masher of Cornell in the semi-finals with a hammerlock and half-nelson...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMONG THE MINORS | 3/14/1936 | See Source »

...work). He has an elaborate machine to throw a fishnet far out to sea, a trolley to carry him down the mountainside. From a savage whom he tries to make his Man Friday, who escapes after Fairbanks has shown him the white man's leg-scissor hold, toehold, and hammerlock, he obtains zinc and copper (cheerfully left unexplained) and two radio tubes the savage With these and several score handmade batteries, he makes a radio set, listens happily to news of traffic deaths, business suicides, cosmetics and alimony...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Oct. 3, 1932 | 10/3/1932 | See Source »

...catch-as-catch-can wrestling. Under these rules a fall will terminate each bout. In no case will the duration of preliminary bouts exceed five minutes. The final bouts will last ten minutes unless terminated sooner by a fall. Any hold is allowed except the hammerlock, strangle, full Nelson, and toe hold. There will be seven classes in which the men will wrestle: 115, 125, 135, 145, 158, 175 pounds, and over 181 pounds. Entrants will weigh in on the day of their match, and must be within the allowance for overweight, which is six pounds...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRELIMINARY BOUTS FOR 1923 WRESTLING BEGIN ON MONDAY | 12/11/1919 | See Source »

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