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...bites her mother's head off 30 times a day. Grows back, though, and mother uses it to persuade a used-car salesman (Robert Stephens) that he wants to marry her. "But we're not 'avin' the kid with us," he bellows in broad Mancunian. "So think on that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The Poetry of Wasted Lives | 5/18/1962 | See Source »

...weeks and weeks, racing bicycles, propelled by hunched, straining figures, have whizzed around the Velodromes of Newark, N. J., and Manhattan. The pedallers were riding out a series of 18 races to decide the National open championship. Last week in the 17th race, Arthur Spencer of Newark, fleet Mancunian* tore past ponderous Cecil Walker of Australia and Alfred Goullet of Newark, won the National two-mile championship, brought his point total to 51, thus clinching the National title. Walker's total after the 17th race was 45 points, safe for second place...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pedallers | 9/1/1924 | See Source »

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