Word: hook
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Digestion. At the hiatus. Dr. Swan pulled the jejunum over, made an opening in its side, and stitched it to the mouth of the stomach. What distinguished his technique from similar opera tions for this purpose was that he was careful to hook up with the cardia, part of the valve which keeps acid stomach juices from percolating back up toward the mouth. (Without a cardia, he is convinced, the patient would later have ulcers or other upsets.) This stitching done. Mike had two digestive tracts, beginning with the inverted "Y" at the hiatus...
...dislocated shoulder sustained last week in the Renn match has permanently sidelined lightweight Tatsuo Aroma, who will be replaced by lanky sophomore Bob McLaughlin. Dick Hook, junior 157-ponder, in out for the season with a broken wrist. Letterman Frank Baker, also 157 pounds, is not expected to return until after mid-years...
...junior deficiency is partly due to the sidelining of Dick Hook and Frank Baker with injuries, and to the sophomore proficiency...
...varsity's Phil Burnaman lost a close one to Koster, 3 to 2. Dick Hook defeated Howard of Williams, 8 to 0, for the 157 pound class victory. Bob Gilmor the varsity's 167 pounder, pinned Sullivan in 7:27 minutes. Captain Ken Culbert pinned Baumgardner of Williams with a reverse cradle in two minutes. In the unlimited class Pete Morrison of Harvard pinned Reed in 2:30 with a half-nelson and a crotch held...
Proust is gone. Hemingway reaches down, grabs one of the rods by its tip and pulls it to the roof. He jerks once to set the hook, then with slow, graceful movements he pumps the rod back, reels a few feet, pumps, reels. To protect his back, he lets his arms and one leg do the work. By the shivery feel on the line he can identify the catch. "Bonito," he tells Gregorio. "Good bonito." With smooth speed, he works the fish close to the stern. Gregorio grabs the wire leader and boats a blue-and-silver bonito of about...