Word: armed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...would not appear to be a particularly attractive dining room. But brighter windows could have been inserted as well as steel beams, and in voting to dine together Law men would have followed the example of the college in its revolt from the temporarily attractive freedom of the one arm lunch. The legal profession, of all others, is the most conducive to, and derives much of its enjoyment from, interminable discussions and conversation. Law students may have been justified by physical discouragement in refusing to eat in Memorial Hall, but in the process, they have given the college a long...
...Some even climbed up the grab lines the better to hold down the bouncing ship.* A sudden blast of air drove the ship up, jerked the crew into the air. Most of them dropped off, sprawled in a heap on the ground. One plunked down 20 ft., fractured his arm. But soaring rapidly the Akron jerked three sailors so high that they dared not let go. Struggling to keep their grip, they lashed about desperately. On the ground women screamed, men wept, officers shouted, sailors ran around wildly. Then Sailor Edfall shot down like a bag of sand...
...sideways), creating great swirls of water. A swim and a walk in four feet of water unsupported by brace, crutch or attendant, are included in his daily 45 minutes of underwater calisthenics, or hydrogymnastics "Vastly improved," commented Physiotherapist Helen Lauer. With braces and cane and leaning upon someone's arm, Governor Roosevelt now can take short promenades...
Eyelids Mended. When an eyelid is damaged by injury or disease it can be mended satisfactorily by grafting a bit of skin from another lid, from the inner surface of the arm, or from behind the ear. Skin from those places approximates the thickness of an eyelid. Lids thus mended may blink,' wink, close. If his patients insist, Professor Vilray Papin Blair, St. Louis lid-mender, transplants a strip from the eyebrow. Eyelashes from eyebrows usually look straggly. Professor Blair also makes eyebrows with grafts from the scalp. These tailor-made eyebrows require frequent barbering...
...supplied to all dormitory rooms. I took the broken chair to the Janitor's Office, and forget about the matter until my term bill appeared with a charge for $5.68. I protested this unreasonable amount to the Bursar's Office, and received the following itemization: Carpenter stock, I left arm (it was actually a leg, but no matter)… $.60, I front rung $.07 (granted), I side rung $.07 (granted); Carpenter labor $3.00 (with the proper tools on hand the time expended could hardly have been over thirty minutes); Paint stock $.24 (granted); Paint labor $1.20 (allowing for plenty...