Word: elbowing
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When they go up the banistered staircase to the second-floor library with its old books, dark red walls and white trim, the men in the diplomatic delegations take their coats off and settle elbow to elbow at a small round table. They are mindful that Andrew Jackson and later Abraham Lincoln used to sit in that room and debate American affairs with their hosts...
There are nonetheless some military tasks that women may always find difficult because of physical limitations. According to Government studies, the average man's size, muscle and bone mass, fat distribution and structure of elbow joints and pelvis give him advantages in strength, speed, throwing and jumping. He also is superior in physical endurance and heat tolerance, partly because his heart and lung size, oxygen uptake, hemoglobin content and sweat-gland function differ from a woman...
Some airlines are moving to deal with a particular peeve of the full-fare flyer: that once he or she managed to get a reservation and to elbow on board a crowded plane, chances were that the passenger sitting in the next seat and getting the same service had paid only a fraction as much. Indeed, in August, travelers on bargain tickets accounted for precisely 56.3% of the seats sold by the airlines, compared with 44.8% the year before. Trying to appease this irritated full-fare minority, American, Pan Am, TWA and British Airways have announced new sections in coach...
Carlton Fisk, despite a variety of minor pains, started all but eight games this year, something that no other catcher has ever done, anywhere. Butch Hobson led the league in errors, trying desperately to play in spite of his aching elbow. He couldn't bring himself to sit out, and Zimmer didn't have the courage to take him out--for Hobson's sake, as well as for the team...
...Moines, Los Angeles, Baltimore ready to ask questions. President does not eat. Already been up several hours. He sips water. Puffy eyes. Still tired from Camp David. Delicious fatigue. New spirit in room. Respect from press. Carter easier. Abe Lincoln looking benignly down from the wall, chin in hand, elbow on knee. Carter with chin on thumbs, then arms around knees...