Word: strenuous
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Seemingly the Berlin detectives worked on the theory that a genuine Sadist in the audience would react with pleasure if not glee, while everyone else would be revolted or would scream or faint, as many did last week. Results from this strenuous method of crime detection were said to be "promising," and several arrests were made, though no one was actually charged with being a Crime Clubber last week...
...those given in the court records*. . . When athletes of the Helen Wills type marry you can rest assured that the basic natural law of physical perfection in mating has been fulfilled. Little Poker Face is a young woman whose physical condition must be nearly perfect by virtue of the strenuous sport at which she excelled...