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Following the retirement of James Joseph Tunney, champion with a mind of his own, from the prize ring with $2,000,000 in his wise old sock, three schools of thought developed...
Jack Dempsey, conqueree of Gene Tunney, left the realm of sock for the Manhattan world of buskin last week. With his wife, Estelle Taylor, cinemactress, he began rehearsing The Big Fight, drama. David Belasco will lend a directing hand. Said Dempsey: "The regular actors won't need to take to cover for a while...
...months; and now it becomes the approximate stabilized value de jure. For the present, paper francs will be exchangeable for gold bullion and only in relatively large blocs. This will be followed by a new gold coinage and soon almost every French peasant will again jingle gold in his sock. The gold bullion prelude to gold coins is well precedented since the same procedure was followed when Great Britain put the pound back in gold (TIME...
...hypnotist can also induce emotional states that carry over into consciousness. He can tell Sam Brown that his good friend Oswald Schimmelpilz insulted him. After repeating this good news during several hypnoses Sam will have become convinced and, the first time he sees his good friend Oswald, will probably sock him on the nose...
...modes were subjected to ponderous analysis, last week, by Sir Edwin Forsyth Stockton, potent British textile merchant. His most vital point: "The recent general turning up of trousers at the bottom has opened up a very important branch of trade, since it has created a demand for the fancy sock. The modern man of taste wants his socks exposed to view and to harmonize with his trousers and the general scheme of his dress...