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...House rebel Congressman La Guardia is a dynamo of hostile energy. Alert and quick-witted, he is always on the job. His oratory is loud, passionate, almost physical as his 170-lb. body crouches and bends and his chunky arms thrash the air. He is one of the best parliamentarians in the House. Representing a poor upper-East-Side district of Manhattan, he has developed a political philosophy which is definitely radical. He distrusts wealth, individual or corporate, believes it should somehow be redistributed for the good of all. Yet he does not sponsor crack-brained ideas for easy hand...
...Plausibly enough he argued that since the Hindu and Moslem delegates to the Second Conference have been unable to agree, even with each other, upon the proportion of Hindu and Moslem representation in the future Indian Parliament, they must all go back to India and keep on trying to thrash out these and other details among themselves...
...goal. Most spectacular player on either team was Tom O'Meara of Toomevara, Tipperary's goal guard. He kept his stick so busy fending ball and players from his goal, that New York hurlers though they got 4 points with high goals, were only once able to thrash the ball through under the cross bar. Tipperary won, 17 to 7, began practicing for their next game in Somerville, Mass...
...Buncombe County Court House, one of the most lavishly furnished in the South, was filled. The shades were drawn and many electric lights gave a dramatic atmosphere to the scene. When the jury came back they gave no verdict, merely asked for further instructions. The defendants grew restless. John Thrash, deputy sheriff, followed the jury out, went to the rest room. Col. Lea thought he had entered the jury room and told him so when he came back. For a moment it looked like a real fight; then Col. Lea settled back into his chair...
...your left. He don't know nothing." Baer, it is true, knows little about boxing, but his blows recently killed Frankie Campbell in California (TIME, Sept. 15). At times no one could understand what was holding Schaaf up, at other times Schaaf, cooler, more experienced, made Baer ludicrously thrash the air. After ten rounds of awkward and exciting mauling. the judges decided that Schaaf had the edge. Baer, though the loser, fought so willingly that he may be given other and better chances to show what he can do. Enthusiasts called it "the best heavyweight go in New York...