Word: kneeing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Despite such knee-pants resentment of authority, the two elected the priesthood for a career. Daniel went in young, joining the Jesuits at 18 in 1939; he did not visit home again until 1946. Philip enlisted and went to war; in Divine Disobedience, Francine du Plessix Gray's admirable portrait of the Berrigans and other Catholic radicals, a friend characterizes Philip as "an 'exceptionally gifted warrior" who fought in France and Germany and won a second lieutenant's commission. After the war, he finished college at Holy Cross, not far from Daniel, who was at Weston seminary near Boston...
...Coco sprang no surprises, only refinements on what was her classic look: the short, straight, collarless jacket, the slightly flaring skirt, and hems that never budged from mid-knee length. Wearing the broad-brimmed Breton hat that was her hallmark, her scissors hanging from a ribbon around her neck, and her four fingers held firmly together in spite of severe arthritis, she would feel for defects. Working directly on the model, she often picked a dress apart with the point of her scissors, complaining that it was unwearable. Her fashion empire, at her death, brought in over $160 million...
...before have two unbeaten top heavyweights slugged it out for the title. Never has there been such a purse: $2,500,000 for each fighter. And never has a fight been so assiduously merchandised. The job of merchandising fell to Perenchio when he became victor last month in the knee-and-shove competition for broadcasting and other rights to the fight. Among the bidders he is said to have beaten out were Impresario Sonny Werblin, the National Broadcasting Co. and a group of black businessmen. Perenchio did it by offering $5,000,000 cash on the line, to be divided...
Senior Pat Coleman wrestled a typically strong match and destroyed his opponent, 12-3. It was Coleman's tenth win against a loss and a draw. At 158 pounds, Collin Mangrum, completely recovered from a knee injury, shut out his rival...
Against the Engineers, Harvard will again be without the services of Dave Scanlon, 190 pounds, and Collin Mangrum, 158 pounds. Both are suffering from knee injuries suffered about two weeks ago in practice...