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...trying to pluck off one of Londos's toes. For 21 min. 42 sec. the two groveled, grunted, snorted, glowered, slapped, twisted and oozed. Once De Vito bowled over Londos with a butt in the stomach. Finally Londos whirled De Vito around his head in an "airplane spin," threw him down with a loud thud, sat on top of his chest until old fat Ernest Roeber, who used to be a professional wrestler and now referees many of Londos's championship bouts, patted his back for winning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Londos v. Spy | 5/2/1932 | See Source »

...stream of energy, likens the living matter of cells and bodies to inorganic rubbish whirlpool-caught. The gyroscopic adjustment of the whirlpool to obstacles in its course gives an illusion of intelligent purpose to the rubbish it holds together. Really, all the purpose animating the rubbish is to spin, to keep on spinning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Queer Fish | 4/18/1932 | See Source »

...their daughter what part of the ice to use, instructed her to keep her beady toque straight on her head. Attached to her dress, Sonja Henje had a rabbit's foot which she did not need. Her performance-a Paulsen, a spreadeagle, a Lutz jump, a Jackson Haynes spin, a backward sweep to the finish-was less original than polished and assured, but it caused 8,000 spectators (one of whom paid a speculator $60 for two tickets) to agree with the judges when she won the championship...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: At Lake Placid | 2/22/1932 | See Source »

...said to reduce engine noise by 70% without loss of power. The muffler, developed by the company's Chief Engineer Ralph G. Lockwood, consists of an exhaust manifold more than twice the size of the regular type, inside which is a stationary screw which causes the gases to spin about and travel 48 ft. before being released...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Miami Show & Sideshows | 1/18/1932 | See Source »

...School, it is like this. School, it is like big sugar-house. It crush and maul us and spin us round. And we go out sweet like sugar. . . . Life, it is like this too. It whip us and pound us, but we come sweet like sugar. . . . We might come like bagasse. Just cane with all the juice crushed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Cane Juice | 10/26/1931 | See Source »

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