Word: mats
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lady Killer," is the fastest moving and most entertaining film released since "Bomb Shell." Like that Harlow epic, it is no esthete's reward, not yet a De Mille nogrom of the conventions; it is purely and simply a play-up to the inimitable James. Cagney twists his mat face into all sorts of hyena snarls; e bungs the ladies in the snout, and telescopes their jaws as the occasion requires; he enters the picture as a tough usher, graduates to the jewel thief class, kicks up a jump to a movie star's berth, and finishes the whirlwind...
...four stiff springs to a small, round, piece of metal which is adjustable. In this way the foil can be raised or lowered at will, while the springs cause it to vibrate, thus imitating the wrist movement of an opponent. The whole mechanism is set upon a padded mat, and attached to the wall about shoulder height...
...Died. Mat Lauder, 61, Pasadena hotel gardener, brother of Sir Harry Lauder; after an operation for intestinal adhesions; in Los Angeles. He spent most of his life mining in Africa, New Zealand, Australia...
...Chicago. Just before the bout ended, Londos caught Savoldi's arm in his famed "Japanese scissors"; Savoldi rose from the floor with Londos still clinging to the arm upside down. He stood Londos on his head near the ropes, rolled his shoulders on the mat. Without waiting to count, Referee Bob Managoff, onetime professional wrestler, tapped Savoldi's shoulder, awarded him the match to the intense surprise of both contestants and a crowd of 7,000. Chairman Joseph Triner of the Illinois Athletic Commission decided that Savoldi had won properly, but banned wrestling in the State indefinitely because...
...lights flash on the water. I changed my course to approach the light and soon heard men hailing me from the water. I stopped the ship, turned on all lights, lowered boats and put life boats over the sides. I saw mattresses and wreckage and pulled one mat over the side of the boat. We got four men. I saw some men sink before we could get to them. After this no more men were found...