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HOWEVER, FOREMAN himself has another explanation. He says that he always carries three talismen in the pocket of his warm-up coat when he goes into the ring, including the miniature flag and a rabbit's foot. After he won the gold medal, he waved the flag "because I wanted people to know where I'm from," not knowing at the time that his skin was all the identifying color he needed...
Around 1876-77, just as advertising was getting up to eight pages an issue, the roof caved in on the already anemic finances of the paper. Editors were forced to pay the printer's bills out of their own pocket for a time, as the delayed results of the Panic of 1873 hit Cambridge. "Our subscription list was very small, as the students could not easily afford to subscribe," wrote a business editor of the period: "The advertisers knew The Crimson was in trouble, and consequently were unwilling to throw away their money, fearing the paper would fail...
...them asked the freshman: "Are you Jews?" Poor and Gilbert made no answer, tried to hurry on. Two pursuers blocked their path, insisted: "Are you Jews?" "No," said Poor. He was not--Gilbert was. They quickened their pace. When Poor, to cover his nervousness, reached into his pocket for matches to light a cigaret, one of the gang yelled: "They have a knife!" Seven or eight boys leaped on the two Freshmen. Badly mauled, both spent the night in Stllman Infirmary...
LAUGHING ALLEY. 592 Comm. Ave. Pocket Mime Chem. Thurs...
SIMON But I don't write gags. A gag is Fred Allen saying a man is so bald he car ries his dandruff in his pocket...