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...gracious!" beamed Pugilist Godfrey. "Is this little bull...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Novilleros | 1/5/1931 | See Source »

...follies. Then Miss Moran attempts to extricate her fiance from the claims of his mercenary mistress (Miss Dale). It is about this time (Act II) that the play begins to take life. At the paramour's apartment an impromptu fiesta takes place, during which a very battered young pugilist wanders around wanting to "take a sock" at someone. "Just one sock!" he pleads. And then there is an unfortunate suicide. Miss Moran is distressed at what her father's constituency may think. Mr. Kerr is distressed at what his family will think. Miss Dale sees her hush money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays in Manhattan: Dec. 8, 1930 | 12/8/1930 | See Source »

Said Student-Pugilist Fernando, fanned in his corner by his student-brother Guillermo: "I discontinued the use of sweets and tobacco three weeks ago in preparation for this bout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Sweets & Medals | 11/10/1930 | See Source »

...Johnson, scrofulous sage of the 18th Century; BEN Jonson, Elizabethan playwright: JACK Johnson, blackamoor pugilist. *In a floppy felt hat and a pair of khaki trousers, Markswoman Foster turned in a card of 280 out of a possible 300 at 300, 500, 600, 900, and 1,000 yards on a windy day. Runner-up was a ''man in skirts"-Lieut. Alexander Eccles, Seaforth Highlander, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Amy, C. B. E. | 8/18/1930 | See Source »

...omissions. Among them are: Col. W. F. Cody (Buffalo Bill), Indian scout and showman; J. Sterling Morton, first Secretary of Agriculture and fatherof Arbor Day*; Samuel R. McKelvie, member of the Federal Farm Board, publisher, and ex-governor; Col. Charles A. Lindbergh (learned to fly at Lincoln); Ace Hudkins, pugilist; Dean Roscoe Pound of the Harvard Law School. HAROLD L. PETERSON...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Dec. 9, 1929 | 12/9/1929 | See Source »

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