Word: chested
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...laid side by side and covered by the red, white and green flag of Hungary; but in one side street a woman wept alone over the body of her coal-miner husband. In another street, a rebel fighter lay in the sun, a wreath of autumn leaves on his chest. The revolution had not yet counted its dead, but a cursory estimate put the total at 15,000 (including 3,000 Soviet soldiers) and twice as many wounded...
...whose zealous devotion to imperialism has outlived the empire, usually flaunts its dislike of Sir Anthony Eden. But last week it hailed his action: "Let there be no doubt that it is a prudent step, a necessary step and one that deserves unqualified support from the nation." The chest-beating tabloid Daily Sketch (circ. 1,123,855) shrilled: "Stop the sniveling and close the ranks." But misgivings ran like chills through responsible Tory papers that staunchly upheld the government when the Suez crisis broke in July...
...heavy-set man (5 ft. 9 in.. 205 Ibs.) with a powerful chest and wide shoulders, he walks with the stiff gait of a Bavarian peasant. His eyes are small and blue, and his head is square and massive, with thick, dark blond hair. "He has the manners of the Munich Tal," says Free Democrat Leader Thomas Dehler (the Tal is Munich's slum district). But inside Franz Josef Strauss's square head is a fast-thinking brain gifted with a photographic memory. His bachelor apartment near Bonn, his office and his automobile are jampacked with books...
...board the Reclaim. For an hour they breathed pure oxygen to flush residual helium and nitrogen out of their systems. Then the door was opened, and they stepped out. At once they felt the dreaded pains of the bends, Wookey in his shoulders, Clucas in his legs and chest. They ran into a larger decompression chamber, where they were kept under oxygen for four more hours. When they came out, they felt fine, but tired and very hungry...
...parachutes, a main and a reserve, are always worn when jumping for sport. The main is worn on the back, the reserve on the chest. In competition the parachutist carries a stopwatch and altimeter mounted on a special chest platform...