Word: knee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Long ago, he learned to live with a bad left knee that he injured in a football game at West Point in 1912. His other bothersome health problem now is recurring bursitis.* As long ago as 1938, he had his first trouble with bursitis in his left shoulder. During the campaign of 1954, it hit his right shoulder. Unusual exercise or strain that calls for shoulder action (an hour of handshaking can be excruciating) inflames the shoulder; some forms of exercise, e.g., golf and fishing, in which there is less strain on the right shoulder muscles, are not difficult...
...King of Indoor Sports, and roars homage to the shrine of Morpheus on every possible occasion . . . At one time he threatened to get interested in life and won his 'A' by being the most promising back in Eastern football-but the Tufts game broke his knee and the promise. Now Ike must content himself with tea, tiddlywinks and talk, at all of which he excels...
...Alberto Ascari would be-if he lasted long enough to grow up. All his life. Alberto had lived with the sound, smell and danger of high-speed engines. Before he was five, he learned how to handle the wheel from his racing-driver father. Perched on papa's knee, little Alberto navigated the back roads of Milan, Italy, and the graceful curves of the old race track at Monza. By the time Alberto was seven, the elder Ascari was dead, killed in a crash at Montlhéry in the French Grand Prix. But the youngster was already determined...
...inches from the waist and no shorter than two inches above a clean kneecap, even Brooks Brothers will advertise shorts in their store windows. Nor is there any justifiable objection from those who dislike bare legs. Socks, when worn properly, are no more than than three inches below the knee. At best--or at worst--depending on one's sartorial Weltanschauung, five inches of flesh is exposed...
...Crimson completely dominated the first half despite losing center Bob Cochran with a knee injury after eight minutes of play. Ten minutes later Lionel Bryer picked up a loose ball and passed to Martin Lindsay, who dived over the line to put the ruggers ahead 3 to 0 at the half...