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Consider the difference in the men: Mitchell swift in attack, Morrow deliberate in consideration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: The Air Investigation | 10/12/1925 | See Source »

...Manhattan last week a lady put her hand into a vase and drew out a piece of paper with a name on it - a name often stamped in blue on the snowy fat of hams and neatly printed upon bacon boxes -Swift, of Chicago. Mr. Harold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Lottery | 10/12/1925 | See Source »

...marry. The son, a neurotic, effeminate youth, bursts into helpless hysteria. It is this last part that Mr. Coward plays; nervously, overpoweringly. Several other characters are English players from the London company. Particularly is the mother's part effective as played by Lillian Braithwaite. And, lest this superlative and swift synopsis should suggest tragedy, be it said that The Vortex is a comedy, one of the sharpest, funniest comedies that you are likely to witness through the winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: New Plays: Sep. 28, 1925 | 9/28/1925 | See Source »

...movements of his chunky body, the very sheen of his black hair and the flashing smile on his wide mouth, gave an impression of prime mental masculinity that has attracted colleagues and stimulated faltering students. "Here," say the latter, "is a man who makes molehills of mountains. He is swift, sure, knows what is wanted. Though warmhearted, he is cold-blooded toward examinations. He spots them, stabs them. I am a fool, but he will, for a deserved sum, equip me for this coming crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whetstone | 9/28/1925 | See Source »

Some feared that Walker would be weakened in making the weight of 147 pounds, and some thought Shade's weaving, twisting, doubled-up way of fighting, with his stiff punch and swift attack, would be too much for the Champion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fisticuffs | 9/28/1925 | See Source »

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