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...year-old Middleweight Stanley Ketchel around for eight rounds in 1909, when O'Brien was 31, and was then knocked cold. "I had heard," he reminisced later, "that Ketchel's dynamic onslaught was such it could not readily be withstood, but I conjectured I could jab his puss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 23, 1942 | 11/23/1942 | See Source »

Although the place of publication was a thinly disguised "Bawston," other figures in the articles such as "Pinkie" and "Patsy" and "Panther-Puss" were less easy for the novice to identify. Neither personalities nor departments of the University were sacred to the whimsical and anonymous editors who labeled one cut as "The Dean Shovels It Out to First Year Suckers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Busy School Burlesque Sheet Ribs Trans-River Dignitaries | 7/20/1942 | See Source »

...Gates, cats and ickies were hurt good. Longhairs took it on the puss, too. And it was a slight case of murder to the whole waxing biz. What happened was this: WPB bopped civilian use of shellac*by 70%, and shellac is the big item (15-25%) of each platter. Angle for the stab: shellac comes from India, which seems to be in quite a jam right now. Not only that, but shellac is hot stuff in war stuff over here. Anyway, this means a cut in rug-cutting, and no good news for highbrows, either. Needle-nuts can play...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Now or Never | 4/27/1942 | See Source »

Last growth is the biggest: the 624 officers and 1,190 noncoms are joined by 13,435 privates. The privates are draft-fresh. They have come straight from reception centers. Their uniforms don't fit, they look like Puss in Boots in their leggings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Army & Navy: War Babies | 3/30/1942 | See Source »

...herd, all named Valdina Something-or-other, that have invaded U.S. tracks this year. But from the flag's fall it was a two-horse race. Our Boots was ridden by little Conn McCreary, who is so small he looks like a pussycat on a horse. Puss McCreary acted like a wise old cat. Leading from the start, he eased Our Boots in the backstretch, let Whirlaway get in front. Then, rounding the home turn, Puss and Boots shot past Whirlaway, three, four, five, six lengths at the wire. Explained disappointed Kentuckians: Whirly won't run unless there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Derby Is Coming | 5/5/1941 | See Source »

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