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...kept the motor running. When the gasoline was nearly gone he made a fire with some of it in a can, throwing on wood from the seats and the children's books and writing tablets. He made the children pummel each other and wriggle around to keep warm. Outside it grew steadily colder, the drifts piled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CATASTROPHE: School Bus | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

Just after the University of Barcelona closed for the Easter vacation last week, rioting students broke into the rector's office, began to pummel the beadle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: Pesetas v. Parades | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

...longed to pummel the thick headed Shand. But she knew, she knew what every woman knows. Sentimental drivel? Nonsense. We expect to weep openly and copiously whenever we please. As one of her brothers puts it: "It's that damned charm that does...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "WHAT EVERY WOMAN KNOWS" STILL CHARMS | 10/22/1924 | See Source »

...Duchess of Hamilton, inspired by seeing her son, Marquis of Douglas, "pummel" the "Bermondsey Pet," professional pugilist, in a six-round contest, decided that international disputes ought to be settled by fisticuffs. Said she: "As I watched the fight the thought uppermost in my mind was, what a pity we cannot revert to the Viking days when tribal disputes were settled by fights between picked men. If we could only choose 100 boxers from each side and let them decide, how much better it would be than awful war. . . . Boxing teaches young men to take hard knocks, and self-control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notes, Jan. 28, 1924 | 1/28/1924 | See Source »

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