Word: rains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Tunney had it. Two gentlemen on the other side of the ring agreed to that as well. All through the fight they took turns talking, apparently to themselves; an inconspicuous microphone in front of them carried their gabble verbatim to many million people. They told how the rain, just a sprinkle as the fighters got into the ring, grew harder; how Dempsey kept weaving in, pawing at Tunney with fierce, ineffective blows; how people spread newspapers over their knees and passed bottles from hand to hand; how Tunney outboxed Dempsey, poked him off with wary blows, closed his left...
...iron larynx spoke to the multitudes of his people assembled on a hill outside their city in darkness and rain...
...Tunney had it. Two gentlemen on the other side of the ring agreed to that as well. All through the fight they took turns talking, apparently to themselves; an inconspicuous microphone in front of them carried their gabble verbatim to many million people. They told how the rain, just a sprinkle as the fighters got into the ring, grew harder; how Dempsey kept weaving in, pawing at Tunney with fierce, ineffective blows; how people spread newspapers over their knees and passed bottles from hand to hand; how Tunney outboxed Dempsey, poked him off with wary blows, closed his left...
Kidnaping. Meanwhile the bandit leader had ordered Joseph Ruff and the Zahlers back into their car. "This is the man we want!" he said pointing to Mr. Rosenthal, who stood shivering in the rain, clad only in a thin summer suit...
...Mikado, is already famous as an irrepressible and raucous baseball fan. When he attends one of the numerous interuniversity Japanese ball games a special dais is erected for him near third base, and he invariably insists that the game be played to a finish whether or not rain descends...