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Word: bobbing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...chaise landau known to be the property of Bob Lampoon, will head the procession, itself headed by the fox, in this case rumored to be Bob himself. Whether the huntsmen will arrive at the State House in time to present Governor Allen with the first press issue of the current parody number is a good question. Hounds and horns will swing into action at approximately 3 o'clock. The outcome should be determined soon afterwards...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "TALLY-HO" IS REFORM CRY RISING FROM LAMPY'S DOOR | 5/1/1929 | See Source »

...annum and makes special trips to Washington about her income tax. Shrewd, energetic, an able organizer, she keeps her husband's accounts, is the director of a bank and of several business corporations, collects signatures, likes-to watch athletes. When her famed curls were shortened to a bob last year in Manhattan by Barber Charles Bock, she put them in an envelope and took them home. Some of her pictures: The Poor Little Rich Girl, The Heart of the Hills, Pollyanna, Little Lord Fauntleroy, Tess of the Storm Country, Little Annie Roomy, My Best Girl. Syncopation (Radio-Keith-Orpheum...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Apr. 22, 1929 | 4/22/1929 | See Source »

...engine, as it stands now, takes the place of the famous old Lampoon engine which Bob Lampoon and his associates purchased several years ago from the town of Sandwich, when that colony on the Cape replaced its old engine with modern fire apparatus. Lampy always brought his engine to the annual CRIMSON-Lampoon ball game and at one time parked it in front of the CRIMSON building from which vantage point it pumped water on all the editors who were on the balcony. This however is the only time that the engine ever-pumped water after its purchase...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Carpenter Delves Into Depths of Widener to Find Model for Pudding Engine--Pump Takes Place of Lampy's Old Wagon | 4/17/1929 | See Source »

...most unusual, and best received act on the bill is a one act playlet "The Undercurrent" which is admirably performed. Listed with this rather tense drama is a mixed group of performers, chief among them being Bob Hall who amuses with his extemporaneous songs, in which he takes the bald gentleman on our right and the fat lady in front for his subjects. The Lester and Irving trio produce one of the cleverest acts on the program with unusually difficult athletic stunts. Tony and Norman put on a bit of fast repartee, while Bobby Watson and Mary Lawlor, two former...

Author: By D. M. K., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 3/26/1929 | See Source »

Looking around some more you could see William Harrison Dempsey, the evening's promoter; Estelle Taylor, cinemactress when she isn't being Mrs. Dempsey; A J Drexel Biddle Jr., Harvey S. Firestone, John Ringling, Baron & Baroness de Bonsetten, Irving Berlin, Senator Robert M. ("Young Bob") La Follette, Publisher Paul Block. Charles B. Dillingham. Mrs. William Randolph Hearst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Big Fight | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

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