Word: obviousness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Mentally the advantage was Canzoneri's because he was fighting a onetime underling. Physically it was Ambers' because he knew all his opponent's tricks. Before the fight was two rounds old, it became obvious that this time Ambers' knowledge of how to catch Canzoneri's jabs on his elbows, duck his hard rights, was worth more than Canzoneri's ever-fresh certainty that Ambers did not really belong in the same ring with him. When, after 15 rounds, Canzoneri's self-assurance was the only thing he had left, three judges unanimously...
With the receding and quieting of the waters disturbed by Mr. Curley last Wednesday when he called public attention to be "slur" upon his name there emerges clear and bright the bottom of the affair. It is obvious that Professor Seavey's comparison of the ex-governor with Chicago's notorious Thompson was an analogy unintended to be malicious. There few men in the teaching profession so tactless and unaware of their position as to harass a living public name openly and directly, especially when the son of that name sits in their classroom...
...Formerly there was no idea more attractive to the working man than the ladder of success," Walsh began. "Workers believed that they could rely on themselves for success, and this independent spirit made unions unattractive, but now it is becoming obvious especially after some of the changes brought about by the depression that there is much less chance to advance...
...place in the stepping family, but her singing and dancing are above average, and she has a determination to be good that comes out as a constant flow of energy and vivacity. Roscoe Ates, by matching his manner to his imbecilic look, pounds away with a good brand of obvious humor...
...Examination will begin a 9.15. The blue books will be disturbed at that hour. The papers, however, will be distributed at 9 o'clock to those present. The obvious purpose of this arrangement is to allow 15 minutes extra time before the examination to those who may wish to read over the paper...