Word: chests
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...silver wings on my son's chest...
...cavalry-and a man with a mission. Astounded by the incompetence of his superiors ("generals with no more brains or backbone than a bran doll"), he angrily determined to "put matters right." He was well equipped for it. At 48, Allenby was a huge and powerful man with a chest like the hump of Africa and a head like Gibraltar, not to mention a tongue that could flay a rhinoceros. When "the Bull" saw red, battle-hardened officers sometimes fainted dead away...
...covered the fighting in Korea, the Congo and Viet Nam. Leaving for Korea, he said: "I feel like the firehouse Dalmatian when the bell rings." At Inchon, he became the Korean War's 27th casualty among newsmen when he suffered a fractured arm and chest injuries...
...Journey. The strain of the talks had told on Shastri. He looked weary and fatigued after signing the agreement. That night, going to bed at midnight, he hoped for a good sleep. But scarcely an hour later he staggered into the hallway of his villa, clutching his chest. Guards summoned his doctor, who immediately injected a stimulant. A team of Russian physicians rushed to his bedside, shot adrenalin directly into the heart. But nothing helped. At 61, Shastri was dead of a heart attack, his third in six years...
...Thomas scores high on all counts, as he proved last week singing the role of Radames in the Metropolitan Opera production of A'ida. His military garb amply revealed his impressive dimensions (which he will recite like a cover girl: "Six feet three inches, 200 pounds, 49-inch chest, 32-inch waist"), plus a pair of legs that the Italians rank with those of Tenor Franco ("Golden Calves") Corelli. Thomas' voice was stamped with virility-clear, sturdy, securely focused, with a rich lyrical quality that is unusual among heldentenors. While his acting tends toward the hand-clasped...