Word: kneeing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...dorm were plenty riled at Christian Dior's droopy New Look last summer. . . . But now, we heartily approve of Mr. Dior's New Short Look [TiME, Feb. 23], which we hope will soon soar up to knee length. Foolish women who have splurged on the New Look can cut the extra yardage off their skirts, use it for sofa covers, or send it to Europe to clothe destitute children...
Notre Dame's basketballers felt sorry for themselves. Kevin O'Shea, the star of the team, had a bad knee and indigestion; big Leo Barnhorst said he had a sprained ankle and Johnny Brennan complained of a sore throat. Last week, with stiff upper lips and handsome gold uniforms, Underdog Notre Dame (beaten seven times this season) limped out on the floor at Madison Square Garden to play hot-shot N.Y.U., only undefeated college team...
...Bended Knee...
...Crimson forward wall has undergone drastic changes this week. George Minot may be out of commission with a bad knee, leaving an uncertain gap in the first line, as former first-stringer Wally Sears has been skating with the third line since the Dartmouth game, Tom Moseley has also retired from the scene, owing to academic pressure...
...truth was that the ladies had a hard time finding anything to be indignant about. In the last 100 years, they had emancipated themselves from domestic tyranny, political and economic discrimination, laced-up corsets and knee-length bloomers. Man had grudgingly changed his fuddy-duddy notions of what was proper for a lady, had allowed her to do his typing, wait on him in restaurants, manage his budget, represent him in Congress, and stand on her own feet in streetcars...