Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Boxing properly done brings into play every muscle in the body. It develops speed with the arms and legs, teaches perfect balancing of the weight, sudden shifting of weight from one foot to the other and, above all, calls for alertness of the eye and mind second to no other sport. The eye becomes trained to notice an instant's opening in the other man's defense, the mind must instantly recognize the opportunity, direct the proper currents of muscular action to start the hands on their way to take advantage of that opening. There is eye, brain and muscle...
...sharp contrast to the European countries, the United States has embarked upon a sudden and extravagant orgy of shipbuilding and increase in armament. Sixteen capital ships are being built, and millions of dollars will be expended in the effort to make our navy the "biggest in the world." America is bringing naval rivalry back once more...
Jimmy Hussey's Revue "Tattle-Tales"--which had been playing at the Globe Theatre up to but recently, seems to have had a sudden termination. Rumor has it that the cause was mismanagement, and that it was necessary to resort to popular subscription among the members of the "Follies" to bring the company back to New York...
...finally consent is gained from her guardian who is her father on condition that after six months among gentlefolk, her mind be unchanged. The mechanic holds her love to the end. The chief problem and development in the play is the concealment of the secret of the parents, its sudden revelation and the consequent forgiving of the guilty two. It is, in a way, an arraigment and condemnation of the double moral standard...
...been going on in Kansas City during the past few days is sensational enough to provoke consideration. Within an incredibly brief space of time the retail values attached to all articles of wearing apparel and shoes have been reduced by amounts equalling in many cases sixty percent. The sudden violence of the movement in this single district is sufficient to cause one to look beyond general conditions for an explanation...