Word: rather
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...show you, and of course it will be a rather crude diagram by the time it is transferred to your notebooks --shows diagrams of man's descent both from a spider and a worm by the Arachnid and Amphioxus Theories...
...policeman, rather insolent, opened my boxes and dropped things on the road. I was not wearing my swastika. He snatched a photograph of Hitler from my arm, broke the back of the picture, then took us to the police station where officials from Prague examined me and my belongings. I was furious when they seized Hitler's portrait. Apparently they suspected me of propaganda work. A woman detective stripped me and even took off my stockings," was the Hon. Unity's story afterwards...
...rest of their time doing gymnastics to develop muscles and low hurdles to perfect their stride. But modest Dean Cromwell insists his success is due to the Grade A material he gets from Southern California high schools, where 6-ft. high jumps and 9.8 hundreds are the rule rather than the exception...
...split second was toe-to-toe and chest-to-chest with his opponent. For 15 rounds he pounded ring-wise Barney Ross with relentless fury-1.200 punches in 45 minutes. Barney Ross, dripping blood and teetering on his helpless legs, refused to quit, went the full 15 rounds rather than have his first knockout chalked against...
Sailing in his glider near Detroit, Elmer Zook chose to come down on a lawn rather than a lake. The owner of the place hurried up to rebuke Elmer Zook, instead helped him dismantle his glider, offered to store it in his garage, sent him home by automobile. On the way home Elmer Zook inquired, "Say, who was that guy?" Replied the chauffeur: "Edsel Ford...