Word: kneeing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pianissimo passage, he brought in his strings raggedly; a sinister sibilant flew round the galleries. "Hiss-sss-sss" went the fine senhorinas, "sss-sss-sss" went the fierce senhores. Distraught, unmanned, hearing a crooked death in every venomous 'sss, that new conductor broke his baton over his knee, fled weeping from the house. From his lowly place among the cellos rose up then a young Italian, scuttled to the dais, raised his bow for silence. He did not look at the score; he knew it by heart. So came to fame Arturo Toscanini, now hailed as Italy...
...feasting and merriment, to the wedding-guests too busy with laughter and drinking to heed him. Terrified at thought of the hospital, he took matters into his own hands. He ground an ax to a sharp edge, placed his leg on the threshold, chopped twice, severed it at the knee...
...first team lined up as follows: Bingham and Luman, ends; Joss and Butterworth, tackles; Root and Sturhahn, guards; Captain Lovejoy, center; Allen, Pond, and Cottle, backs; and Bench, quarterback. Bingham, who has been out for a week because of a bad knee, is now in good condition and will be able to start the game on Saturday without fail...
...additions to the doctor's list have been reported as a result of Saturday's encounter, with the possible exception of Spalding and Gamache. The former twisted his knee and was on crutches yesterday, but he is not expected to be out of the Yale game. The latter has a leg injury that will probably not prove serious...
...Luman, ends: Joss and Butterworth, tackles; Root and Sturhahn, guards; Lovejoy, center; Bunnell, quarterback; Pond and Cottle, halfbacks; Allen, fullback. The loss of Shep Bingham, veteran left end, will be severely felt although Hart has been playing a good game in his place. Early last week Bingham twisted his knee when intercepting a scrub forward pass. Two days later he suddenly developed a bad case of water on the knee and was forced to go to the Infirmary. He was released this morning but is walking on crutches and it is practically certain that he will be unable to resume...