Word: feet
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...note in TIME, May 16 that you refer to my 70th birthday anniversary as being celebrated with "able handsprings and head-springs," and the erudite commenter in a footnote says that the latter "is a spring performed by lying on the back and then jumping to the feet, the weight of the body coming at first upon the head and shoulders...
...headspring, which, also, I did among other turns, is an entirely different movement. The acrobat stands erect on his feet, bends forward until the top of his head touches the ground and springs over to his feet after the manner of the handspring; but hands do not touch the ground, nor shoulders, nor any part of the body except the top of the head...
That which made my performance on May 1 at all notable was the somersaults forward and backward in the air; that is, clean turns from feet to feet without the interposition of any part of the body.* This performance was simply incidental with me, as I have been doing all these turns for something like 60 years, and expect to continue doing them some years longer...
...attempt a flight to Australia. He may return to the air mail service. He may enter the airplane manufacturing business, perhaps in the Ryan Airlines, Inc., of San Diego, Calif., which-built his monoplane. Said Benjamin F. Mahoney, president of the Ryan company: "Lindbergh flies, but he keeps his feet on the ground...
...High and the time 1 minute 35 seconds for the half made by the Dorchester team, show that the standards set by the quality of last years competition are high. A to 2-5 second run in the 100 made by Trull of Lowell and a broad jump 20 feet 7 inches by Cregas of Brockton were also outstanding performances in last year's meet