Word: gaited
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...extensive collection of burns on his legs and feet, which were slit open and then cauterized with smoldering cigarettes. Of course, maybe if you looked closely, you might notice his crooked jaw, which protrudes unevenly, expecially when he indulges in a rare smile. His hunched shoulders and shuffling gait--the drooping posture of one who faced prison torture for over a year--call more attention to themselves, especially as he walks around the campus of the University of Houston, a dark, diminutive figure submerged beneath a foamy wave of white teeth and blond-haired, bare-chested Adonises...
...Government, Allen became a consultant for various businesses overseas, a career that was almost ended when he crashed his Beechcraft Bonanza while landing, suffering five compound fractures in his lower body. As a result he has a loping gait that gives the look of an energetic sea captain walking the deck in unsettled waters. That appearance was appropriate for the troubles that confronted him in his profitable enterprises. There were constant rumors that he had benefited unduly from his connections with the Nixon White House. A damaging exposé in the Wall Street Journal a few days before...
...film is only truly funny when it ridicules the macho man mentality. Hiding from the law, Albin must give up women's clothes and behave like "a real man." It's startling to see Serrault in overalls, sticking out his jaw, adopting a simian gait and snarling "Faggot!" at a rude driver. Later, when the aggressively hetero band of agents wants to guard the couple while remaining inconspicuous, they don dresses and uni-sex apparel. Renato teaching the tough guys how to walk effeminately creates a wonderful parallel to the scene in the first La Cage in which he tried...
...pacer is differentiated from another standard-bred racer, the trotter, by the distinctive pacing gait: front and hind legs on each side stride together...
Linsley runs with a steady, tireless stride, upright and gazing ahead impassively, a style reminiscent of her sister, Sarah, Crimson captain two years ago. Beckford churns through the miles with a strident, bouncing gait, the strained look on her face contrasting the graceful motion of her muscular limbs...