Word: jaw
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...relations with Mars are always a subject of interest. When the weather, politics and the war have been drained dry, and nothing remains but a yawn to fill the gap of conversation; when the last conversationalist has chronic lock jaw and the last small talker is asleep, the trend of talk may turn on Mars. Mars is always safe...
...Haven, Conn., November 3, 1913. --The game last Saturday was a costly one for Yale, as Cornish sustained a fractured jaw which will keep him out of the game for the rest of the season. Cornish has been the mainstay of the team all year, and his loss will demoralize the offence, temporarily, at least. Wheeler, who played the position last year, has been selected to take Cornish's place at quarterback. Aside from Cornish's injury, the team came through the game in good shape...
Robert Edeson has the sort of "thuggish" role to which he is best suited. In the first act he tries to punch the other man's jaw; in the second he gets drunk; and in the third he goes mad. Where-upon the Spearmint-chewing lady who sits behind you murmurs, "He's just too cute for anything." Mr. Kemble is down on the program as "supporting" Mr. Edeson, but to him must go the honors of the evening. He played the part of Truth's guardian, defended her with more than fatherly zeal through all her matrimonial indiscretions...