Word: knees
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...University here had the love and respect of his teachers and all who knew him best. His unusual intellectual capacity as a mere boy was recognized by the faculty and students as nothing short of remarkable. . . . Willis advanced by leaps and bounds in college; and while yet in knee pants, so to speak, became a teacher and professor of law. His neighbors sent him to the legislature of his own state, then later to the lower house of Congress and so proud of his career were the people, that they put him in the seat occupied by the beloved William...
Hero: a man clad in knee length corduroy "britches," long stockings, shoes and a wool shirt, equipped with pocket for carrying field notes...
Died. Ethelbert Talbot, 79, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Bethlehem, Pa., and onetime presiding bishop of his church; in his daughter's home at Tuckahoe, N. Y.; after 36 hours' unconsciousness. His street dress was that of the Church of England Bishop-knee breeches, gaiters and a black silk apron...
...clock this afternoon. The 1931 aggregation has won four games and lost two, whereas Worcester has a long victory column with but one defeat. Captain Farrell's men will be handicapped by the loss of P. W. Mahady '31, star guard, who has water on the knee...
...genuinely liked for his openhandedness, his exuberance, his loyalty to friends and his able management of the Corrigan-McKinney Steel Co., went two weeks ago to a game of bowls at the Cleveland Athletic Club. At the club building he grasped a bronze door handle, staggered, dropped to one knee, pulled himself upright. Half inside the door he collapsed. The heavy door slammed upon him-dead of heart failure...