Word: roman
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...home finally became a biped instead of a monkey, the tendency in battle was not to grab a meat axe, but to wrestle. Gradually the set-to between cavemen grew into an activity practiced for amusement's sake. The sport reached a high point in development with the Graeco-Roman method in the west and the Oriental style in the east...
...styles of wrestling were entirely different," Pat remarked. "The Roman technique was to work on the upper part of the body, while the Japs and Chinese relied more on tricky leg work. The Roman style is that copied by most college teams today. That's where the flying mare, the hiplock and the headlock come from. As to the hold known as the 'Oklahoma Ride', that was originated by the Romans. The boys from out west just appropriated...
Going on with the history of wrestling, Pat observed that in the 19th century the sport made great progress. "The eastern states in this country took up the Roman style, while the far west, because of its contact with the Orient, adopted the Japanese technique. The Oklahoma wrestlers tried to combine the two, and that is one reason why they put out the finest grapplers in the game...
...Although Catholics objected to sex education in public schools, Mr. Canudo found a Roman Catholic high school in the city giving such a course to girls...
Because St. Patrick is patron saint of the Cathedral and Archdiocese of New York, Bishop-Administrator Stephen J. Donahue gave all Roman Catholics in the Archdiocese permission to eat meat on Friday. March 17, St. Patrick...