Word: warts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...could play two tunes on the piano. They enabled him to defraud theatre managers who had hired Chico. He went to work in jobs that Chico had secured, four times received a week's wages before he was discharged. The fifth theatre manager, forewarned, recognized Harpo by a wart on his nose. Harpo was thrashed...
...Just tell them I'm happy, and thank everybody for being so kind," called stal wart Mrs. Gann. "Platform? I haven't a thing to say about the platform. . . . I think the platform is all right. . . . I'm going to speak at Newport...
...addition to the African Room, is exceptionally good specimen of an African wart hog. The collection in the South American Room has been augmented by the acquisition of two new animals. One of these the Blackmaned Red Wolf is a very rare species inhabiting South America, or more exactly Uraguay, where this was captured. The other is a Capybrara, another rare animal found in South America and the largest existing member of the rodent family...
...from Berlin and "streamlined" by a bath in wart-remover, the frog Wilhelm was a betting favorite. But while the crowd shrieked, jostled, fired revolvers, he covered only 4 ft. 8 in. in his three jumps. A pampered creature called Zenobia, imported from Kinston, N. C. in a tub of native water, raised cheers by doing 8 ft. 6 in. Then Angels Camp went wild as the bright green veteran Budweiser thrust thrice with his long green legs, shot down the course 11 ft. 5 in., was declared winner...
...think his voice will register. His objection is that cinema is essentially a pantomimic art. Says he: "Action is more generally understood than words. Like the Chinese symbolism it will mean different things according to its scenic connotation. Listen to a description of some unfamiliar object-an African wart hog, for example. Then look at a picture of the animal and see how surprised...