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...killer, the hero of the day. It is to this final role that the apprentice aspires. Sometimes, through sheer braggadocio, the merest man may spring to fame overnight by leaping down into an arena if some emergency should arise at this crucial juncture of a fight. That is seldom seen, however...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toreador | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

...rides first as a picador, then dismounts and finishes his job as an espada. And there is Gaona, of Mexico,* who fights without a muleta, relying solely upon the suppleness of his hips to elude the bull's furious charge. It is Gaona's boast that the horns seldom miss him by so much as the breadth of a finger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toreador | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

...difference between professional baseball and college baseball is that the finer points are stressed more in the former. A college team seldom meets an opponent more than once in a season, but in a major league where the teams meet each other many times each season a close study is made of each man. Many people think that a college team plays harder than a professional nine, but I have not found...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CALLS A.B. AS USEFUL IN BASEBALL AS BUSINESS | 1/5/1925 | See Source »

...often been said that Mr. Anderson has no sense of humor. This is only partially true. Wit is present in his autobiography, though seldom in his novels. Many Marriages (TIME, Mar. 10, 1923) with its fun unintended, becomes understandable in tIe light of the autobiography. One can almost forgive him for that odd book after reading this fine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Elsie | 12/22/1924 | See Source »

Said Barren's Weekly: "It is curious, but strictly true, that investors seldom clearly differentiate between stocks and bonds. The difference is vital. The bondholder is a creditor and the bond is, therefore, a debt to him. Stock is an evidence of partnership, with no debtor or creditor relations whatever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Debts | 12/22/1924 | See Source »

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