Word: knee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...committee. "Certainly," he said, the national committee is "entitled to have a national committeeman who is friendly to the work" they are doing. Morrow could not swallow that. An hour after urging him to resign, he said, the governor "made a speech crying that he would never bend a knee to the will of the national committee. Well, why in God's name does he expect me to bend a knee to the same bunch...
Last week, after a nod from Shivers, the Texas Democratic Executive Committee removed Wright Morrow from the office of national committeeman. There was little doubt that the name of his successor, not yet chosen, would be presented to Speaker Sam on bended knee...
...hitter, has picked up new tricks in the infield, e.g., learned to go to his right for ground balls, under Marion's coaching. Shortstop Chico Carrasquel, not hitting up to par, is still one of the best in the business. Third Baseman George Kell, healthy again after a knee operation last winter, is the old pro who saves the game with a stop or a hit in the clutch...
...attention on the parade ground of the Ecole Militaire. As a huge crowd looked on, a guardsman came forward and ripped the epaulets from his shoulders, yanked away the red stripes of the general staff from his trousers, took the officer's sword and broke it across his knee. The crowd roared its approval. In a small yard of the same school 11 ½ years later, the same officer stood before a brigadier general who intoned: "I make you a Knight of the Legion of Honor." Then the general pinned on the medal and kissed him on both cheeks...
...seemed like old times. On the mound, large, loose-jointed Don Newcombe leaned forward to take his signal; behind the plate was his best friend, Catcher Roy Campanella, back in action after a two-week layoff with a bad knee. The best battery in baseball was back in business again, and though the visiting Cardinals tried to make a game of it. they didn't have a chance...