Word: chestnut
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...priority, the site of the most common cancer in males. If I were a woman, breast cancer would be of similar concern. In a 25-year-old male, the prostate gland is the size of a grape; in a 50-year-old, it is the size of a chestnut because of its thickened walls. The enlarged gland constricts the urethra that it encircles, diminishing the ability to urinate fully. As the prostate continues to swell with increasing age, malignancies may develop; they are thought to be induced by hormonal changes. Prostate cancer is a slow-moving disease in elderly...
...just three. At 15 she began making forays to New York City to try to break into show business. She had little luck as an actress but worked as a model before moving to Hollywood in 1933 for a part in the chorus of Roman Scandals. Strikingly pretty, with chestnut hair dyed blond (until MGM hairdressers, seeking a more distinctive look, turned it red in 1942), she landed bit parts in B movies and moved up to classy fare like Stage Door, in which she held her own with Katharine Hepburn and Ginger Rogers...
...have read your article on "Ponzi Payment." Found it interesting, but none too accurate. My hair is neither chestnut nor grey. It's gone. Have never worn lavender pajamas nor pink ribbons on my night shirt. Fur coat and overshoes on extremely cold nights have been my limit...
Hackey Sack: Tres cool about three years ago, it's still good for impressing a bunch of bored teenagers from Newton and Chestnut Hill...
...Japanese city dwellers, used to even snazzier Vuitton and Panasonic pleasures, Nagano has the charm of a big city's drawling country cousin, an apple-cheeked, wood-burning relative still known to eat raw horsemeat and pond snails and crickets. In a chestnut-filled village just 30 min. from central Nagano, a ruddy-faced high school boy gets off his bike to walk a visitor to his destination. An old woman at a country bus station counts out change with an abacus. The driver of a Highland Express cab (working 24-hr. shifts) is a robust woman with a basket...