Word: elbowed
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...basketball team trailing by a few points in the closing minutes of the second half against Long Island on Dec. 9, 2006. The Crimson needed a boost. Running the ball up the court, then-sophomore point guard Erik Groszyk came under heavy defensive pressure and took an elbow to the back of his head. “At the time it didn’t seem to be a very bad blow, but it turned out to be a pretty terrible concussion,” explained Groszyk. “It became a major issue. I had to leave school...
...Notice a little chafing on my elbow from steadying myself to read. Mouse manipulation also an issue. Print when I want to delete. Delete paragraph instead of a word. Send wrong e-mail...
...come as a surprise that Harvard, with its ivy-covered buildings and portrait-covered walls, is the epitome of New England pomp (or charm; call it what you will). But button-down shirts tucked into khakis, wool sweaters worn over collared shirts, and tweed jackets with suede elbow patches? Such spruce style goes against every notion I have of what it means to be male and in college. After some digging through The Crimson’s archives, I realized that varsity sweaters and schoolboy blazers are just as central to the pretense of the school as its final clubs...
Just at that moment, another man appeared at my elbow. It was time to start the manicure...
...mystic. He would sit in the library, sunk deep in an armchair, with a book open on his lap. Roxana hovered by his chair or knelt at his feet. Frederick liked absently to stroke her golden hair, and sometimes when the text was especially gripping he would prop his elbow on her convenient, shelf-like bosom.As the Russian mystic described the life of a peasant in the fields, Frederick lost himself in a visions of cut grass and open skies. His scythe mowed down the green in big, easy arcs. His body was slick with sweat...