Word: contortionist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...loved it, despite its leeching managers and overnight hops, shoebox lunches and tank-town audiences. To him, it was a school of inventive self-reliance peopled with lovable oddballs. A gaudy branch of human botany, vaudeville finds in Fred Allen an affectionate and scrupulous botanist who cherishes every last contortionist, hypnotist, iron-jawed lady, human xylophone, one-armed cornetist, rube comedian, Hindu conjurer and clay modeler who ever played a split week east of Lompo,. Calif. or west of Maiden, Mass...
...small man among the outsize players of professional basketball. Cousy makes up for his lack of size with cat-quick reflexes and spur-of-the-moment shots that are almost impossible to defend against. Lean and loose, he goes through muscular gyrations that would awe a contortionist. He is currently among the N.B.A.'s top scorers, the league leader in assists, and an agile defender against men half a foot taller...
...members of the crew, 270 refused to answer Inspector Martin's questions. These, plus one known Communist, spent Christmas on board, within sight of Manhattan's glittering lights. The French Line arranged a Christmas dinner and a show (including a female contortionist...
With these peaceful words, Contortionist Ehrenburg took his seat and the trained seals flapped their flippers thunderously...