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...state's attorney, "If it isn't Tom Mix, who is it?" For sure enough there was either Will Rogers or Tom Mix riding the famous Tony and swinging the famous rope and telling fast ones while he shot buffaloes from nickles thrown by an Indian hanging in mid-air by his toes from the shoulders of a bandit. "Whee", quoth my roommate, "Whee". So then and there I decided to take him to commencement...

Author: By D. G. G., | Title: THE CRIME | 6/18/1927 | See Source »

...which were offered to U. S. investors just previous to the big ship's arrival. The only Americans on board were the four members of the U. S. Naval Commission, pictured by The New York World as sitting "like drummers in a Pullman car" playing cards in mid-air and mid-Atlantic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: ZR-3 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

Throughout the volume is perceptible a vague, directionless groping for something, which is never attained. Almost everyone is disappointed in the end; most of the stories end more or less in mid-air, after stirring up unrest and dissatisfaction in the mind of the sensitive reader. Mr. Anderson suffers acutely from the same Middle-West complex which troubles Mr. Sandburg and Mr. Masters and probably some others. It would be enlivening to hear what the Chicago Chamber of Commerce would say if it should ever come across some of his descriptions of Chicago scenes and life. They are like nightmares...

Author: By A. C. B., | Title: PAINTS LIFE TOO BLACK FOR REALISM | 1/12/1924 | See Source »

...result is that the proposal remains in mid-air all next session. When the next Congress assembles it will be only six months before the conventions to nominate candidates for the 1924 election. The public will have made up its mind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: The Permanent Court | 3/10/1923 | See Source »

...rally with three baskets for the M. A. C. five. Merriam played an excellent game at forward, repeatedly taking the ball from the opponents and covering his man well McLeish played throughout the game, shooting the fours for the University five. The final whistle blew with the ball in mid-air on a shot by Lowenthal from the center of the floor that landed squarely in the basket for a score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON QUINTET STAGES LAST MINUTE RALLY TO BAFFLE M. A. C. BY 23-20 | 2/1/1923 | See Source »

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