Word: toe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...once did Ash fall; in the second round one of Villa's wild blows caught the back of his head, knocked him through the ropes. Villa won by his aggressiveness. He wore Ash down with his continual rain of blows. At the end of the bout the faultless toe-dancing was no more. Weary Ash was dancing flatfooted...
These financial difficulties pinch the social toe of Rumania's Queen, Marie. Mussolini told her she could not call on the Italian monarchs (TIME, April 7). Primo di Rivera, following the leader, told her she could not call on the Spanish. The French Senate voted money for entertaining her this Summer, but so great was the protest it became doubtful whether the moneys would be so used. Only Brussels beamed with a kindly light. The Belgian Foreign Office extended an official invitation to Queen Marie and her husband, Ferdinand...
...solemn, they'll think the whole weight of the world is on his shoulders. If he is gay, they'll think he is frivolous. The only thing to do is 'be ourself.'. . . "I have not a sore head or a sore toe. . . . "I have no personal feeling against the President. I am yet his dependable friend and supporter. . . . "No one need waste any time worrying about the ex-Attorney General. He will take care of himself until reason is restored and time and truth fully vindicate him, as they surely will. . . . "Nobody's feelings...
...that he will personally perform in the games. Nevertheless, he is shortly to be presented with a tambourine-long the property of Matthew Strohm, for 42 years instructor of gymnastics at the Naval Academy. The Secretary of the Navy, then a Cadet at Annapolis, tickled this tambourine with his toe on June 6, 1888. The tambourine was nine feet, one inch from the ground, and the kick was a world's record...
...their visit, the guests of the Italian Monarchs in the Quirinal Palace. On two occasions visits were made to the Vatican. On the first visit the Pope received his distinguished visitors with all the ceremony and pageantry which the Holy See could muster. King Alfonso kissed the Pope's toe, read him an address and was about to make the ritual osculation on the holy toe once again, when the Pope took his hands, raised him to his feet and warmly embraced him. The second visit was more informal and strictly secret. Both Queen Victoria and General Primo Rivera were...