Word: punches
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Knighthoods: Bernard Partridge, famous cartoonist of Punch; Barry Jackson, manager of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre; Hamilton Harty, composer...
Those who hooted had seen this Irishman, Mike McTigue, light-heavyweight champion of the world, retreat all evening before Paul ("Punch 'em") Berlenbach of Astoria, L. I., who followed him with the angry obstinacy of an animal whose insignificant brain was fogged by the fumes of his very adequate blood. They had seen the Irishman's left hand flicker in the face of the assaulting one; they had seen him, in the sixth round, swing his right hand twice to Berlenbach's jaw, at which the latter sank to his knees, his cloudy face even cloudier...
...Shock Punch. The unaccountable disinclination of a young lady of "society" to marry a prize fighter twisted this hero's life all out of shape. It pretty well interrupted the plot of the cinema and threw the action up on the bony heights of a rising skyscraper. From there followed reels reminiscent of Harold Lloyd's Safety Last-a considerable amount of entertainment. Of course the prize fighter wasn't really a prize fighter, nor was he an iron worker on the dizzy girders. He was a millionaire in disguise. But a millionaire can fall...
...Cosmopolitans are sold of each is site. The Red Book's sales figures hovers near the 225 mark. But the humor magazines are close contestants in the race for first place. Life enjoys tremendous vogue; Vanity Fair is nearly as sought after; and Judge and even the English Punch beat the Century in a popularity race...
...cannot complain of this or of her almost unbecoming affection for Punch. She has granted those points in our favor before the competition starts...