Word: knee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last the first class of WAACs gathered at Fort Des Moines, Iowa. "More was learned about women's uniforms than had been discovered in the past six months of research . . . When WAACs walked or marched, the skirts climbed well above the knee unless a desperate grip on the skirt was substituted for the required arm swing. Shrieks of dismay arose as the women tried on the WAAC caps, uncharitably christened 'Hobby hats.' " It soon became apparent that the WAAC difficulties were far more serious than had at first been thought. Items...
Coach Munro substituted Tom Cooney in his place, but Cooney hurt his knee a short while later. Munro's lack of depth in the goal then told the story. He moved Lindsay Fischer from the midfield into the nets, but Fischer was inexperienced and Dartmouth drove the ball past him time and again...
After losing one of their centers in the second minute with a knee injury, the Tigers gambled by deciding to play with one man short in the back line rather than with a seven-man scrum. The Princeton forwards managed to dominate the game to such an extent, however, that the Crimson were unable to make little use of their unmarked back...
Resplendent in silken knee breeches and the broad blue sash of the Garter, he bowed low, first to bestow a token kiss on the young sovereign's hand, and again before shaking hands with her husband, Prince Philip...
Next comes a monologue about two hepcats doing the sights of Rome ("What's that?" "That was Knee-row's pad, boy"). Then a fast boogie-woogie chorus on the piano, and in between bits, some spoofing of the audience (to a noisy customer: "How would you like to come out to my swimming pool so I can give you drowning lessons...