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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...person later identified as one Sylvia Peres of Italy. Apparently overcome by an exhibitionist impulse, she threw herself into a vigorous and not inept display of fancy dance steps. Tenor Franz stood speechless. The orchestra stopped, gaping. Mlle. Peres danced on with abandon, coming to a climax with one heel on Tenor Franz's shoulder. The police, unable to arrest her, lectured her severely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Indianapolis Dancer | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

...Alton, Ill., Robert Wadlow, 11, was measured. He stood 6 ft.11 in. tall, weighed 230 Ibs., wore a size 27 shoe (17 inches, heel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany: Grocer | 11/25/1929 | See Source »

Marshal Pilsudski snorted, turned on his heel, stalked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: Pilsudski v. Daszynski | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

...Murray, flutter-footed cinemactress, sued Fox Theatres Corp., Peter Clark, Inc., Flatbush Ave. & Nevins St. Co. and William Fox Circuit of Theatres for $250,000, claiming that while dancing at the Fox Theatres (Brooklyn) last December her heel caught in a crack on the stage causing her to trip, fall, break a bone in the invaluable left foot of Mae Murray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 4, 1929 | 11/4/1929 | See Source »

...ordered rhythm of Fascist work. There are enough holidays on our Italian calendar already ?in fact too many!" and letting in his clutch the Dictator vanished, inconsistently, for a birthday holiday. Speeding to the seacoast he boarded a waiting seaplane, was soon soaring around the toe and heel of Italy, headed at last up the Adriatic in a flight of over 1200 miles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Scandal After Birthday | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

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