Word: footedly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...reached for the sky (while photographers clicked madly away) to save himself from the cap pistol of a 3½-year-old Roy Rogers. When Stevenson and Kefauver started to board their chartered plane in Chicago, their aides looked for a routine that had already become familiar. At the foot of the ramp (or when getting into a car or starting through a doorway), Estes places his big hand between Stevenson's shoulder blades, pushes gently and says, "After you, Adduhlay." Adlai places his smaller hand on Kefauver's elbow, pushes softly and says, "After you, Estes." Stevenson...
...uncertain currents of the narrow (500 ft. at water level), man-made ditch are a constant menace to the free passage of the 40 or more ships that go through each day. To guide the ships safely through, the man at the helm must be familiar with every foot of bottom and bank, know every temperament of the current. In some parts of the Suez channel, a pilot may even have to turn his ship to the right in order to make it go left because of the strange effect of current and bottom on the vessel...
...loads of coal. Any job under the sun would have been better, and young Johnny made a long reach for light and air. At 15, he began to pick up small change riding "Roman" style at the "bull rings" around Calgary. Steering two mounts from a standing position, one foot on the back of each, Johnny demonstrated his innate skill at horsemanship...
...found the going not one bit easier. In the rough days before the film patrol kept jockeys civilized he took his share of spills. Over the years, in one way or another, he broke both legs, smashed a shoulder, fractured his spine, suffered a brain concussion and broke a foot. Somehow he also managed to develop a superb sense of timing. He learned how to break from the gate a stride on top, how to rate his horse when he was running in front. If he looked awkward in the saddle his knowing hands could still wring that extra effort...
...politician never fades away. He opens his mouth, puts his foot in it and chokes to death...