Word: chins
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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This, he implied, was only a beginning. He discovered that she had simply assumed the name DuPont for flash effect during a career as a cosmetician and manufacturer of lady's chin straps, and that she was actually the daughter of a Polish laborer. As a perpetrator of "marital fraud," Doraine deserved neither a separation nor alimony, her husband argued...
...Laude. In Los Angeles, Orville Rambo, an armless midget who learned to write with a pencil held between his chin and shoulder, was sentenced to San Quentin prison for writing a worthless check...
...cartoonists' version of an elephant looking back on its laurels of yesterday. Three women and a man, dressed like African hunters, and equipped with ping-pong ball guns, then stalked onto the stage to the beat of jungle drums. The man grappled with the microphone which barely reached his chin and informed the party workers that they were starting on an elephant hunt, but that only the young in heart could follow. "Everyone must do what I do, and say what I say," he added...
...Lavender Hill Mob," Guinness is a petty bank official, a man who counts gold ingots as they are delivered from refinery to the vault. His name is Henry Holland (most fictitious meek Englishmen are named Henry), and his indrawn chin and cautiously ambling gait are the touches of a perfectionist. But behind Henry's humble facade there lies an astute mind, and when he has gathered his "mob" of two hoodlums around him to plan his gold robbery, he is a different...
...short flurry missed. A sharp left hook smacked Louis against the ropes. Another left glazed the old champion's eyes. His hands dropped. For an agonizing second Rocky measure his man, then shot a right cross to Joe's chin that sent him reeling awkwardly through the ropes, flat on his back on the apron of the ring...