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Since then a cable that the Duncan is to be made the heroine in one of those stark biographical novels has further shaken Boston's confidence in its own appreciation of unfettered art. Whether the achievements of Isadora Duncan were art or not will probably remain undecided, but unfettered they certainly were, which is simply not being done in Symphony Hall...
Beginning at the fifth hole of their first round, Golfer Gunn went stark, staring golf-mad, made six birdies, used only nine putts on seven consecutive holes-putts varying between 35 and 12 feet-sunk with a borrowed putter. His score for the first 18 holes was 69, breaking the course record by two strokes. After that it was only a matter of time before Mr. Gunn won match and championship...
...Kelly's theory was that if he thus roosted in mid-air for eight days his reward would be great.* Meanwhile he reaped a small reward by displaying from his stool a banner with the stark device: Baby Peggy at Loew's State Theatre...
...Mussolini could best ride the Mediterranean as easily as he has the Adriatic and plant the Italian colors over the forts of Alexandria and perhaps worse yet over the Red Sea towns beside the Suez. The mere conception of such a possibility would be enough to send Winston Churchill stark mad. So England is taking every step toward making Egypt a safe and strong imperial second line of defense...
While the pet lay stark under ether anesthesia. Dr. Hartman maneuvered a pair of long, thin forceps down the animal's throat until he caught hold of the splinter of bone. Fifteen minutes of delicate, painstaking work, and the bone came out. The dog, although greatly weakened by the ordeal, will recover...