Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...vigor, and allow him who would decry over-emphasis on brick the pleasure of gazing upon pastry facades in stucco. And what is more to the point, the seniors who would rest their worried heads on goodly hair mattresses may do so at the expense of the University. Ring out, ye bells (and there is one which can ring out--in Dorchester) and rejoice ye people! The University is prospering...
...that he spent as guest critic with that newspaper (TIME, Oct. 13, 1924, et seq.). During those same months, Critic Newman was treated to a close-range view of the great U. S. pastime of discovering profound significance in artistry previously considered crude, slapstick or otherwise lowly-Charles Chaplin, Ring Lardner, Harlem, George Gershwin, Paul Whiteman...
Benny Leonard, onetime undefeated lightweight champion of the world: "Of course, I don't fight any more. I've made lots of money and own real estate. Besides, I promised my mother I would never enter the ring again. And in the Sept. 4 issue of Collier's, I okayed an interview telling all about my most thrilling fights and how I finally came through all 200 of them with my eyes and ears normal. But I was lucky and skillful and don't think much of boxing as a manly art. Said I, 'Unless...
...Then the youthful Firpo charged the champion Dempsey and knocked him down and over the ropes and out of the ring, and for a short time it looked as if the younger man had won the fight. But Dempsey, pausing for an instant only, rushed back into the ring, waded into his youthful antagonist and beat him to a standstill, a triumph of brain and courage over youth and ignorance...
...this contest in Texas youthful Dan Moody, strong in the back and weak in the head, has charged the people's champion, your Governor, and for a moment has appeared victorious. But the champion has only paused to catch her breath and she is back in the ring giving battle, and with the rising tide of outraged public opinion is winning a contest which will typify once more the triumph of brains and courage over youth and ignorance...