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Almost at once the galleries became full of fist fights. Not in years has British Labor's turbulent left wing given and taken so many sanguine noses. No less than nine ushers had to join forces to eject a burly young heckler who kicked and punched while he howled: "In the name of our 2,000,000 unemployed-down with Ramsay MacDonald...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Squirrels v. Bankers | 9/15/1930 | See Source »

...immigration and quarantine authorities for permission to take his educated fleas on a U. S. tour. In the course of telling his troubles to a U. S. newsgatherer, he made a pronouncement surprising to laymen: "I prefer the male flea, because he is more conscientious." Professor William Heckler, owner of Manhattan's largest flea-circus, disagrees with Jean Rochet. Professor Heckler uses mostly females in his acts. He finds that the male flea, which is much smaller than the female, cannot go without food for long, breaks down under the strain of heavy work, is too highly strung...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Slaughter | 9/1/1930 | See Source »

Next week she will be in England sardonically to watch Government officials help unveil a statue of Emmeline Pankhurst, their erstwhile suffraget heckler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Birth Control Busker | 2/24/1930 | See Source »

...Conservative heckler: "Does the Labor Party still believe that His Majesty's Government should control lands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: Dec. 30, 1929 | 12/30/1929 | See Source »

...Heckler: "You cut the rates on higher incomes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Curtis | 10/1/1928 | See Source »

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