Word: elbows
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...away a bundle of booze before the lights go out. I like it. Some people like to climb mountains. I'm glad I'm not one of them. I'm happy knowing the only thing in danger when I'm getting my kicks is my elbow. There is nothing to fear about drinking if you're honest with yourself as to why you drink. I have never taken a drink to improve my appetite, ward off a cold, or get a good night's sleep. I drink with the honorable intention of getting bagged...
...central government when all the Congo's African leaders sat down at the famous 1960 Round Table Conference in Brussels to discuss a future independent Congo. It was there that his colleagues first began to notice the array of white advisers who were constantly at Tshombe's elbow, passing him notes, whispering suggestions. Some were from Union Minière du Haut-Katanga, the huge, Belgian-controlled corporation that mines and processes Katanga's rich veins of copper and cobalt; other advisers were from Katanga's powerful white settler group; they, like Tshombe. had a large...
...first score of the game came at 7:49 of the first period when Howell banged in a rebound from five feet out. The goal came just as St. Lawrence defenseman Jim Salfi stepped onto the ice at the expiration of a two-minute elbow-checking penalty. Salfi served three more penalties during the course of the game...
...Carter is the Warren Spahn of bowling: he is a cautious, accurate pitcher, not an overpowering speedballer. As he shuffles lazily toward the alley, his right arm bent grotesquely at the elbow, the bowling ball cradled in his hands, he looks like a rookie waiter balancing a tray of martinis. Gently, he places the ball on the polished wood alley and watches as it meanders slowly toward the pins. The 60-ft. trip seems to take an eternity. But, more often than not, all the pins fall down
With my apologies to the judges, I must say that I preferred Miss Rochlin's blue-toned nude (in Briggs) to the winning canvas. It is here that she achieves her greatest compositional balance and subtlety of color. The nude reclines, her head and right elbow tossed back, and strenuous shading carries the consequent tension most effectively throughout the body...