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...peers and bigwigs to view his films, projected them himself with a Bell & Howell projector. H. R. H. smokes U. S. cigarets, plays golf with Walter Hagen clubs, shows a marked dancing preference for U. S. young women, plays U. S. jazz on his saxophone, and as Empire Salesman "threw" for South American bigwig prospects at least one major salesman's drinking party of approved, standardized U. S. pattern, at Vina del Mar, Chile (TIME, March...
...This enraged Dr. Curtius, who seemingly thought he had been betrayed. "Monsieur Briand," cried the German, "has declared this plan for a customs union forbidden. It is not the business of this committee to decide that! That is a point for the League Council to consider." Figuratively M. Briand threw up his French hands-adjourned the session soon afterward to prevent more blundering. In Germany a large section of the Press was indignant. Germania, the Cabinet organ, flayed "M. Briand's astoundingly sharp answer to a calm and purely objective speech by the German Foreign Minister." French Plan...
...headlocks and clapped a flying mare on bullet headed, cone houldered old Ed ("Strangler"; Lewis, "world's champion" of the Sandow-Bowser group of wrestlers, and flapped him over. Loudly cheered Canuck partisans, for no one had expected Deglane to get a fall. Again they wrestled. Lewis threw Deglane. But when the French-Canadian got up he grimaced pitiably, held out his right arm, showed toothmarks, swore that Lewis had bitten him. Indignant, the referee conferred with athletic commissioners, awarded the fall, the bout, the championship, to Deglane. Indignant, Wrestler Lewis accused the new "champion" of having, like...
Like Romans under Caligula, Mexicans at San Luis Potosi last week flocked to their arena to witness gory battle between a lion and a bull. Headlong the bull charged; swiftly the lion struck, clawed down its adversary's face, threw it flat, stalked proudly away...
...Guest he hired as an office boy. Robert Barr ("Luke Sharp") worked for him many a year before going to London to found The Idler with Jerome K. Jerome. The paper ceased to be the DEMOCRATIC Free Press in 1806 when it repudiated the nomination of William Jennings Bryan, threw its support to McKinley...