Word: knee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...experts' uncertainty about which way the U.S. economy is going was nowhere more sharply reflected than on Wall Street's stock market. Like a ballplayer trying to work out his muscle kinks with knee bends, the Big Board bounced up and down last week; market leaders in steel, oil and aircraft tumbled as much as 2½ points in a day. On Monday, the Dow-Jones industrial average skidded 9.25 points to 478.95, for the market's sharpest break in nearly two years. Though intermittent rallies flickered across the floor at midweek, they could not make...
...hangovers. Then suddenly they fell quiet. From the south end of the hall, the legal pageant of Britain began to emerge and debouch onto the stone steps that formed a stage-judges of the High Court of Justice in ermine-trimmed scarlet; Lords of Court of Appeal in black knee breeches and gold-braided gowns; Lord Goddard, 80 years old, Lord Chief Justice, wearing an extra S-shaped band of gold braid. Trainbearers, bearers of the standard and the mace, each entered and took an appointed place. Lord Kilmuir, the Lord High Chancellor, draped amid flowing robes, impassive under...
Body language, explained Birdwhistell last week, is just as real as the spoken kind, tends just as much to show up in national, regional and class patterns, or as a reflection of individual character. Samples: wide-open leg crossing by men, ankle on knee, is a hallmark of American confidence; when a woman touches her hair lightly while looking at a man, it is a sign of her interest...
...attendants at religious ceremonies. On one 58¼-by-53⅞-in. slab (opposite) a formalized, warriorlike Assur-nasir-pal II grasps his bow in his left hand as he balances a chalice on the fingers of his right hand. Behind him stands a personal attendant dressed in knee-length tunic, broad waistband, fringed mantle to the ankles, shawl flaring over the left shoulder. In another slab, the figures performing the priestly task of lustrating the sacred tree have the heads of strong-beaked birds of prey. The stylized, forthright carvings testify to the power and skill of an ancient...
...outfielder: "A low-ball hitter and an off-field hitter. No power; should not be played to pull. He is a good center fielder with a strong arm. A base runner. Every time he bends his left knee toward his right he is stealing." ¶On a pitcher: "Has major-league fast ball but is disturbing type on mound; looks like a mental case." ¶ On another pitcher: "Not recommended on present style. Has major-league equipment but is a Thomas Edison"-a baseball term for any player who is continually experimenting...