Word: kneeing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Allen Kearns; he is required to represent a character whose name, as may be guessed, is an Indian greeting and who loses his love and gains her again with nonchalant devices of gallantry. Ben Bernie, who is justly celebrated for his ability to guide musicians with his left knee or a baton, contributes constantly to an evening of excellent diversion...
...that Ellis, Yale's great runner, has a bad knee which will keep him out of competition this spring, because he is one of the best. Another man who would do well if he were right is Wildermuth of Georgetown...
...Dolan '28, chosen as one of the regular members of the team, took the examination in the Brooks Hospital. Brookline, where has been confined for some time with a knee injury. This was made possible by a special arrangement whereby a proctor supervised the examination in Dolan's room in the hospital...
...garter slipping, in the merry, ardent days of Edward III (1312-77). Down and down slipped the garter until it tumbled before the knowing eyes of a pack of smirking courtiers. But Edward III, with instant chivalry, stooped, retrieved the ribbon, tied it just below his own royal knee, and exclaimed to the Courtiers in immortal reproof: "Honi soit qui mal y pense!" (Evil be to him who evil thinks...
...statesmanlike colleague but what he sees within a few feet of his nose, he sees clearly, and names boldly. Thus, coming upon evidences of radicalism in the Pennsylvania morass, he roared: "We must choke the I. W. W. to death or see the gutters of our streets run knee-deep in blood." And in his series for the Pittsburgh Press-for which he accepted no pay-he wrote: "There would be little left if that force were allowed to Russianize America-it threatens Womanhood, Motherhood, Christianity and our free institutions. The I. W. W. is making desperate attempts...