Word: headfirst
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Your article on hyperkinesis ("Those Mean Little Kids") [Oct. 18] was as welcome as our son's first dose of Ritalin. It is difficult to send a child out into the day, knowing that he will charge headfirst into a multitude of unacceptable activities, as he did yesterday, as he will tomorrow. It is more difficult to know that he will be punished and ridiculed for behavior he cannot easily control. The next time I am told that I'm a nut, my doctor is a quack and my son is a brat who just needs a good...
...Kiss the Mud." When persuasion failed, pressure replaced it. "Get up, hit it, up, down, roll over, crawl in circles, up, down, faster, talk, talk, talk." The captives were lined up in front of a row of odoriferous barrels partly filled with slime and crawling with spiders. "Get in headfirst, you dumb sickies," they were told. "Kiss the mud. Now do push...
...suits who slither and weave, snakelike, about Eve. As the scenery changes to a large rectangle covered with eyes and a huge lipsticked mouth, Eve succumbs to the tempters and is spirited away. Alone and frenzied, Adam circles the stage and, running full speed up a ramp, dives spectacularly headfirst through the mouth. The music becomes increasingly cacophonous and, as bolts of neon lightning flare overhead, there is a blinding flash and Adam dies. Eve clumsily drags him upstage and kneels, cradling his twisted, stumped body in one final, agonizing embrace...
...m.p.h.," says O'Donnell, "the car will be a mess but there won't be much damage to you. If you do that on a motorcycle, you get thrown against the brick wall, which is ruinous to flesh and bone." Since the rider is usually projected headfirst, like a missile, says Manhattan's Dr. Robert H. Kennedy, the most severe and common injuries, those that cause 70% of the deaths, are to the head. A properly designed helmet is essential for cycle safety, but many riders wear inadequate helmets or none at all. Nonfatal head injuries have...
...position in Viet Nam at widely publicized teach-ins. He is singularly attuned to the many nuances of modern Communism and has suggested bold departures in American policy to capitalize on the changes currently taking place in the Communist world. At 38, he is also young enough to charge headfirst into the perennial problems that will try the new platoon...