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Missing: Genu (L.), an anatomical region commonly known as the knee; still extant figuratively in the kitchen, as in "housewife's _______," and in the movie house, as in Claire's _______; also still virile verbally in compounds like " _______ jerk " and " _______deep " and in relating measurement, as in "_______ -high to a grasshopper"; but generally not seen in the flesh since around 1970, when it was flaunted by trend-trippers from Carnaby Street to cannery...
Sophomore year he hardly played at all, and last year, he was injured in the Columbia game, which he started. But the injury, a torn knee cartilage, was not diagnosed for over a month, during which time Puopolo did a lot of hobbing and an equal amount of spectating...
Comfort suggests ornery behavior with doctors too, particularly if they imply that old people are supposed to be sick. "Remember the man of 104 who, when he complained of a stiff knee, was told, 'After all you can't expect to be agile,' and replied, 'My left knee's 104, too, and that doesn't hurt...
Behind the Crimson top trio came Yale captain Dan Schlesinger and an unbroken string of five Princeton runners, all at a safe distance. Stein Rafto was plagued with knee trouble and hit the tenth spot...
Cory Wolfersberger, who left the Kirkland backfield last Thursday by ambulance for a knee operation, said his accident was unrelated to his condition or previous injuries...