Word: chests
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Last week Eudeline went back to the presidential palace to receive his reward. On Eudeline's chest, President Vincent Auriol pinned the white-enamel-and-silver cross of a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, founded in 1802 by Napoleon Bonaparte to honor those who, "by their knowledge, their virtues, their talent," have upheld the principles of the French Republic. He will be entitled to wear the inconspicuous red lapel ribbon, and will find special seats reserved for him at parades and other functions-joining the democratic company of the 196,146 Frenchmen who also have the Legion...
...This type of injury," the doctor said, "usually happens when a player is hit in such a way that his neck flexes and his chin is forced down on his chest. To reduce this dangerous flex, players should be trained to hit and tackle properly and to keep their necks extended when...
Exeter started off quickly and constantly beat the visitors to the ball. At 4:15 Yardling fullback Bob Young tried to chest a ball, but it hit his arms, giving Exeter a penalty kick. Paul Marden shot the goal. Six minutes later Exeter got an indirect kick, which was good for another tally...
Across the nation, Community Chest drives are getting under way. In 1,500 U.S. communities, 2,000,000 volunteers are ringing doorbells; pledge cards are being circulated in factories and office buildings...
Italian Novelist Vasco Pratolini seems to have sworn by the hair on Ernest Hemingway's chest to write a hard-boiled novel. A Hero of Our Time is obviously that. For long stretches it is also a sharp-eyed study of purblind passion. But Novelist Pratolini's political moral is a little crosseyed. He sets out to prove that Fascist ideas make prize heels. What he actually proves is that prize heels make good Fascists...