Word: robin
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...been beaten. The combination of word sounds, the catchy rhythm, the absurd, jolly or pathetic pictures evoked-all have their place and appeal. The rhymes are not "criminal," I am convinced by observation as well as by my own memory. Even to the tragic death of cock robin, which has caused many a weep in many nurseries...
...these people. He is good at making-believe, as is shown by the fact that he has written some very good plays, which is only making believe according to the rules made by grownups, who make rules about everything. Now he has written some verses for his friend, Christopher Robin, by name. It is sometimes hard to decide who is supposed to be saying the verses-the Author, or Christopher, or Murse, or Hoo. It is probably Hoo, a mysterious person much like a brownie...
Mile. Last week, on the indoor track of Madison Square Garden, Manhattan, Paavo Nurmi of Finland made his first appearance in the U. S. His first event was a mile race. Nurmi, a thin, blond man, wore a jersey of robin's egg blue, trunks of black. In his right hand, he carried the little watch by which he timed his stride. He disdained, at the start, the conventional crouch. Ray (Illinois A. C.) and Hahn (Boston A. A.) both got away from the pistol before him. Through the first lap, while his competitors jostled for position, Nurmi kept...
...Metres. The track in Madison Square Garden has eleven laps to the mile (approximately 34 laps to the 5,000 metres). Willie Ritola, brother Finn, old rival of Nurmi, took the lead. At his heels came the flying robin's-egg jersey. Lap after lap the two circled, the field after them. Two laps from home Nurmi sprinted, left a gap of 5 yards, widened it to 10, to 15. Gamely Ritola hung on, his face twisted like a mask of torture, but this time Nurmi did not turn to look. Running like a sprinter who, throughout an afternoon...
...robin's-egg shirt that moved...