Word: jawings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Democratic nominee ("the next President of the Yewnited States"), and the odds are long that he will be a man of moderation. But a moment of rare drama will come when the face of a man with thick glasses, sharp nose, a cocky grin and a jutting jaw appears on the television screen. At that moment Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the U.S.-the ranking elder statesman (he hates the words) in a party that has not had an active ex-President around since Grover Cleveland-will begin to give 'em hell. Truman's aim: to send...
...Gentler Sex. In Oshawa, Ont, 27-year-old Cyril Arsenault was sentenced to three months in jail for assault after Nurse Ella Chalmers testified: "He put a headlock on me, and I forced my fingers between his teeth to twist his jaw around. I punched him on the nose and made it bleed. I let him up twice because I won't hit even a man when he's down...
...most of four rounds in Los Angeles' Wrigley Field, Bobo Olson draped himself all over Middleweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson, but eventually he made the big mistake: for a split second he uncovered his teacup jaw. One lethal left hook and Bobo was a has-been, Sugar Ray, 36, still champ...
...because of Guy's queasy feelings about his departed mother, she has been trapped into what the tabloids call a "kissless" marriage. So. naturally, Hilda turns for solace to lecherous Jean Pierre. When Guy surprises them in their love nest, he is upset and punches Aumont on the jaw. Hilda goes reeling home for her handful of pills, but-naturally-Guy gets there in time to call for a stomach pump, and tells Hilda he is dreadfully sorry about the whole thing...
...Stripes & Out. In Montreal, when R.C.A.F. Airman Joe Nicholls was told of his promotion to corporal, his mouth popped open with such surprise that he had to be rushed to the hospital with a dislocated jaw...