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...doctor, for Carnera was supposed to have cracked one of his lower right ribs in training. The doctor had authority to stop the fight at any time if the patient felt badly. In the opposite corner sat Jim Maloney, hairy, amiable and hog-fat, who lost a ten-round bout with Jack Sharkey five years ago when Maloney was considered a fighter. Last autumn with the aid of a hometown referee Maloney took a decision from Carnera in Boston. Carnera had to even the score if he was to get anything out of his proposed match with the winner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Carnera v. Maloney | 3/16/1931 | See Source »

Dirty rat-nutty judge-hoodlum-lazy blood-sucking jobber- William Halitosis Thompson-blustering loudmouth, irresponsible mountebank-blubbering jungle hippopotamus-lurching, shambling imbecile-flabby jowls of a barnyard hog-two jackass ears, a cowboy hat and an empty space between-chambermaid in a ranch bunkhouse-skunk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Chicago Circus | 2/23/1931 | See Source »

...think his voice will register. His objection is that cinema is essentially a pantomimic art. Says he: "Action is more generally understood than words. Like the Chinese symbolism it will mean different things according to its scenic connotation. Listen to a description of some unfamiliar object-an African wart hog, for example. Then look at a picture of the animal and see how surprised...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures: Feb. 9, 1931 | 2/9/1931 | See Source »

...once quarantined on a yacht for many days). Like the New Colonial's "Lighthouse" is the Fort Montagu's "Jungle," a place removed from sleepy guests where the gay and wakeful may dance and drink long after midnight. Smartest part of Nassau (except for Government House) is Hog Island, the long narrow sandspit that turns its elegant back on the harbor, the odorous sponge and market docks. On Hog Island is the Porcupine Club, for swanky and exclusive food, drink and bathing. Nearby is also the home of Nassau's greatest dowager, Lady Williams Taylor. Beyond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Winter Islands | 1/26/1931 | See Source »

...Star Spangled Banner." Far to the east are the smoke and glare of the great new Bethlehem Steel mills. North of Baltimore planes detour to give a wide berth to the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground. Thence: Havre de Grace racetrack; Philadelphia's desolate Sesquicentennial Exposition site; Hog Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: E. A. T. | 12/22/1930 | See Source »

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