Word: toe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this irreverent age of the insubordinate younger generation, the heroic example of one Edda, daughter of Mussolini who would not stir her little toe without her father's consent, smells sweeter than garlic in this naughty world. To complete the incident of her temptation, picture now one Hispano-Suiza whining to be thrown into high gear, an overpoweringly handsome member of the Black Hand or perhaps the Black Shirt Club, and a glorious Italian moon, that is as glorious a moon as moons in Italy may be. But Edda was not seduced by the promise of a wild ride behind...
...invaders outweigh the Blue by about seven pounds per man. Kruez, Pennsylvania's powerful plunger, closely resembles Miller of the University in the way he handles himself. Upon his educated toe may depend the outcome of the battle, for both teams possess attacks capable of sustained marches, and a boot from the field may be the margin of victory...
...attend these contests in spirit alone?which partly accounts for their devotion to football. Pigskin heroes can assume mythical proportions for eyes that have never beheld them. James Thorpe, the Indian, was a coppery comet, leaping in seven-league strides over a field of endless goal-lines; the right toe of good Charles Brickley stiffened into an obelisk for the reverence of generations; Eddie Mahan's red sweater, a football flattened against it, flamed across a continent of hushed back yards...
...Merry Widow. Love's riotous comedy supreme gave Director Erich von Stroheim a thousand opportunities to present the tintinnabulating toe, the flirting knee. Much to his credit, he seized only the hundred best, and between times permitted Mae Murray to stand still long enough to act. Grandly she, the widowed Midasette, rebuffed the too confident lips of two Princes. And at the end-when the film became a gorgeous mass of greenery, blazing red uniforms, glittering gems- most elegantly did she submit to the manlier, younger, poorer son of a King...
...rather annoying aspect of the situation is that the provocation is so small. The second section of an extra, misplaced purposely on the outside of what is perhaps only a Cambridge edition, contains a news box headed, "HARVARD MASHER MASHES TOE." Instantly every street corner between the Yard and the river is possessed by jumping dervishes, who not only jump, but bellow. Undergraduates, of course, are hardened to a considerable amount of noise, but if certain Boston papers will refrain during the examination period from adding their generous contributions, their newsies may cry "Wolf! Wolf!" all the rest...