Word: hopping
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...wouldn't be advisable to hop off from this country-the journey would be too great...
...face with his right fist, etc. This operation was continued without relief for three interminable minutes. "Goodrich tires," yelled a hopeful voice from the cheap seats. But Goodrich did not. tire. In the second round, he repeated his merciless operations, when suddenly Loayzo began to hop about on one foot with the deranged, sickening absurdity of one whose mind and nerves have become disconnected. A towel flew from his corner; medical examination revealed that his ankle had been fractured. The decision, the World's Lightweight Championship, went to Goodrich...
Hitherto, no seaplane has flown for more than 15 hours at a time. Yet, this summer, U. S. navy fliers propose to go from San Diego to Honolulu, something over 2,000 miles-at least 20 hours-in a single hop. And Frenchmen propose to capture the Raymond Orteig prize of $25,000 for a continuous Paris-New York flight...
...Dartmouth triumphs over the Crimson. With two out, and with two on base, Bjorkman let two strikes sail by. Then picking a curve ball which broke fairly over the plate, he pushed a fast ground ball down the third base line outside Zarakov. The ball took a bad hop past Todd in the outfield, and before the Crimson outfielder could retrieve the ball. Harris had scored from first with the winning tally for Coach Tesreau's outfit, effectually breaking up the game...
...hold the delightful gift he has of dressing and looking and acting like a shy, determined little red-haired cutie without the slightest trace of the female impersonator. He can dance. There is no doubt that he does dance. His dancing of Alger's "Hobby Horse Hop" stopped the opera completely and several hundred graduates broke up the seats; later, in a savage interpretation of the Charleston, to the accompaniment of an obligato on Mr. Moynahan's squeal-horn. Mr. Wilson did things with his knee-joints that didn't seem at all reasonable. There is no use trying...