Word: knee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...raised on a farm." She said she will not tell little Winnie that he is a millionaire: "He grabs at everything in sight at the toy store, [but] I tell him: 'We can't afford it, dear.'" Bobo described herself as broke, an installment-plan buyer, knee-deep in cooking and other menial household chores. When told that her husband's lawyers had said that Winthrop had given her a tax-free $128,000 since their separation, Bobo was "absolutely flabbergasted." Said she: "Untrue . . . absolutely disgusting." But all Bobo really wants, she indicated, is a reconciliation...
...Rome, Maestro Arturo Toscaninl, 85, bothered by a year-old knee injury, put his ailing leg in the hands of Hypnotist Achille ("The Sorcerer of Naples") D'Angelo, widely known in Italy for cures attributed to his mesmeric touch...
Standing on a table to welcome a contingent of Canadian troops, Boatner advised them not to kill unless absolutely necessary: "If you get into a fight [with a prisoner], slash him, use the butt of your rifle, give him the knee in the groin...
Senator Taft's slick political devotees delivered a solid knee to the groin of the Republican Party this week, both figuratively and geographically. When the GOP's strongest appeal is based on charges of dishonesty and corruption in the Democratic administration, the bare-faced theft-of thirty-eight convention delegates is well calculated to deprive this campaign issue of much of its force...
Order of the Dragon. A golfer who wants to break par should have gold needles in the leg, chest, shoulder and cheek, and above the left eye, said Dr. de la Füye, and silver needles in the knee and belly. He also had prescriptions for swimmers, bicyclists and concert pianists...