Word: looke
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Witness Hedges gave him a good look at the button. But he did not explain that it is the badge of the 8-Ball Club, organized years ago "by a group of the dog-house boys for their mutual protection against the pitfalls in life." Members include NBC-RCA engineers, salesmen, sales managers-people who consider themselves most frequently behind the 8-ball...
...blackfaced Caesar tries his best, now & then, to seem degenerate and willful. The strong man, Ferrovius, loudly debates whether to fight back at his oppressors or practice Christian nonresistance. The lion remembers to growl. The martyrs try to look downtrodden. But to no avail. Androcles fails to transmit a serious social message, for the good reason that it is not a serious play. Shaw's Androcles is a whimsical fellow. His Caesar is a playboy. His frisking lion is fed more gags than Christians. His martyrs are as exhilarated as though they were going to see a show rather...
...down. Next to losing their bank rolls, jockeys dread gaining weight. Longden and Adams are both so small (105 Ib.) that they need not diet, but most riders count their calories, knowing well that a heavy rider (118 to 125 Ibs.) gets infrequent engagements, soon discovers that he must look for a job as jockey's agent or exercise...
...garret and into the laboratories of Big Business. Packard's Macauley and General Motors' famed inventor, Charles F. Kettering, felt, however, that even in laboratories patents have value both as protection during the "shirt-losing" stage and as incentives. Said "Boss Ket": "The young fellows look on them just like diplomas...
...knew sportsmen like a book. His first publication was a book of sketches, priced at $7.50, which he peddled himself. Booksellers took one look-an unknown publisher, an unknown author, an unheard-of price!-and wrote him off as crazy. Publisher Connett, a serene glitter in his eye, was not crazy at all. For men who paid $500 for a gun, $75 for a fishing rod, $250 for a dog, $1,500 for a horse, said he, Derrydale prices were chicken feed. He was right. Derrydale books sold just as well at $25, $50, $125. Last year Connett sold...