Word: armed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...terror, one for rural areas and the other for crowded cities. In the countryside, Communists will behead a hamlet chief in order to substitute their own rule and make possible the collection of "taxes" and recruitment of men for the Viet Cong cause. They will cut off the arm of the chief's twelve-year-old daughter in order to frighten the neighboring peasants into silence about their whereabouts...
Without uttering a word, Tsafendas drew the dagger out of its leather sheath, plunged it three times into Verwoerd's chest and once into his neck. The House looked on in horror, too stunned to move. Verwoerd tried to raise one arm to protect himself, then, confused, used it to brush back his hair. He slumped over, blood spurting through his shirt...
Like a Log. The pain is in the elbow of his wonderful throwing arm, and he first discovered it two years ago. Four mornings after pitching-and winning-a particularly tough game against Milwaukee, he awoke to find his entire arm swollen "like a log, a waterlogged log." Orthopedist Robert Kerlan told Sandy it was traumatic osteoarthritis caused by the unnatural strain of pitching. From time to time, the liquid could be drawn out with a syringe, and the swelling could be reduced by cortisone and other medication. But every time he threw a baseball, the elbow would get worse...
Koufax did not pitch another game that year. In spring training in 1965, the arm ballooned just as predicted, and Dr. Kerlan advised that Koufax be used sparingly. But even more than most pitchers, Sandy needs the rhythm of regular rotation every four days. He decided to try-by eliminating his sidearm delivery and the wrenching slider, or fast curve, from his repertoire. With the help of ice packs, he did not miss a turn all year long, posted a 26-8 record for the regular season, and then pitched the Dodgers to victory in the World Series...
...three times a day, and he has needed cortisone shots-three so far. The last one, three weeks ago, had to go directly into the joint to ease the agony. "It does hurt more," he admits. "In fact, it hurts most of the time." He cannot straighten the arm beyond 22°, and the bone spurs on the elbow have grown from i in. to i in. "The spurs," says Dr. Kerlan, "represent an attempt by the body to immobilize the joint." Despite all, Koufax has not missed a turn...