Word: clubfooted
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Valentine Williams, 63, British journalist and mystery novelist; after long illness; in Manhattan. On the suggestion of Novelist John Buchan (Lord Tweedsmuir), Williams turned to writing "shockers" while convalescing from wounds during World War I. Result: The Man with the Clubfoot, which was translated into 13 languages...
That was the clincher. No one could deny any longer that Assault, the Texas-bred chestnut with a clubfoot, had what it takes. His 1946 earnings of $339,720 were an alltime high for a one-year campaign. Victory in the Arlington (Ill.) Classic would make him the third biggest money winner in turf history...
...fork. Dressing up in his sister's clothes was his favorite pastime. By the time he went to school, the boy was a weak-eyed, skinny mollycoddle and prig, already "pathetically conscious of being a misfit." He would jeer at anyone who had a squint or a clubfoot; homely girls made him burst into hysterical laughter. He thrilled with the hope of being kidnapped. Charles Dickens and Louisa M. Alcott were his idols. To confidants he showed a collection of photographs of Broadway celebrities, remarking: "That's what I'm going to be ... a dramatic critic...
...German people might well be beyond fear and past credulity. Propaganda Minister Paul Joseph Goebbels could stamp his clubfoot in impotent rage. Uncontrolled rumor had replaced controlled news. The Germans heard such rumors as these...
...goes without saying. These were the days when the jonky-tonks were so filed with smoke that you had to cut your way to the bandstand with a lawnmower and the plane was out of tune and all the keys were busted except two but oh boy, was old Clubfoot Moe inspired and inviolate and sensitive that night, J, of course) and wouldn't play for just because he loved Jazz (with a capital money, after all he had played on the riverboats with Fate Marable. Of course decided to get three square meals a day the payoff came when...