Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...carries well, but needs only the slightest strain to make it harsh, unreal. Her features are not mobile, so that she is reduced to great reality without losing the overtones of dependence upon bodily gesture. Above all, she is faced with the task of interrupting allegory, giving it the ring of fantasy. That she is in any way sufficient to the task is remarkable. Yet she shows an understanding of the part which is admirable and there is never a moment when she does not exert herself to lend the play all her energy. She is running a race...
...engines split the night air. Fire-companies raced madly through deserted streets, turned corners recklessly, arrived; found one Mrs. Bessie Mann, 35, waiting, patient. Said she, ingenuous, to Magistrate Gordon, "I was on my way home alone. It was dark and I was afraid. So I thought I would ring for a policeman...
...that; don't do that." Wills was the offender; in every break he swung over illicit punches; he hit backhanded; he butted Sharkey with his hard, black head. Perhaps Wills only did these things from force of habit; he has long been famed in the ring for his sharp practices, as also for his tireless pursuit of a match with Dempsey. But old black Wills will pursue no more heavyweight champions; he was tired; even his foulest punches had no sting. In the 13th round, after ten warnings the referee disqualified him for fouling...
...hands. The hands belonged to square-jawed Jack Sharkey, carried the potential power of dynamite. Binghamton-born, Boston-bred, this Lithuanian with a famed Irish name* served in the navy, has boxed professionally for but two years. In Boston, he is regarded as the next champion. Away from the ring, the hulking battler is quiet, home-loving; has two little daughters...
Persons without children in school wondered what were the sentiments of people with children in school, who saw a despatch last week from Southshields, Eng., reporting that no girl or boy would be permitted to wear a finger ring in a Southshields classroom. Cause: a girl wore a ring to class, gazed at it, neglected her studies; other girls copied her; boys grimaced, whispered, copied...