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Word: ringed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Retiring from the prize ring, he bought a health farm in Summit, N. J. The farm went to rack and ruin while Mr. Welsh went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Death of Welsh | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

Cinema films, "shot" from a platform near the ring, were expected to settle the positive contentions of three schools of thought which sprang up from the split-second observations of many men and their emotional memories. But when the films were shown, Dempsey's back was found squarely blocking from view the disputed action of his right fist in the seventh round. The schools of contention all thrived and the films were virtually tripled in value. Every cinema spectator could still be his own referee on the thrust which men held, variously, had 1) landed fair, above Sharkey's high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Matter of Opinion | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...strange, queer-looking fight with one of the queerest finishes in all ring history...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: A Matter of Opinion | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...statement-that the artist's function is a religious one, to lead the public mind "by ideal representation of the allegorical picture to the comprehension of the inner essence, the divine, unspeakable Truth." To that end, he composed his series of operas, drama-music spectacles called Der Ring des Niebe-lungen, knowing full well that they could never be adequately presented by conventional opera companies under conventional conditions.They would require a special theatre, a special ensemble, a special audience, a special period of time consecrated to their comprehension. To bring about possible conditions, he conceived the idea of building...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: At Bayreuth | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...year, however, from July 19 to Aug. 20, it is being resumed under the stage direction of Siegfried Wagner .(son of the composer), the orchestral leadership of Karl Elmendorf, Karl Muck and Anton Witek. Tristan und Isolde was the first production. It will be followed by Parsifal and Der Ring des Nibelungen. Critics announced the productions were brilliant-worthy candles for the shrine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: At Bayreuth | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

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