Word: lame
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most publicized figures in American politics were among the real victims of the 1954 elections. The name of Thomas E. Dewey, outgoing governor of New York, does not appear on the official casualty lists for November 2. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., lame-duck congressman from that state, lost out in what must seem to many as nothing more than a minor skirmish. But last week's New York elections mark a decisive turning point in the political careers of these two men, and the repercussions are likely to be felt in national politics for a good many years to come...
Italy's Communists could not ignore this embarrassing exposure of their anti-Fascist hero.* From party headquarters came a quick but lame explanation: Comrade Moscatelli had written the letter-without meaning a word of it-at party orders, in order to be set free to continue with "delicate" party work. This explanation was almost worse than none. II Tempo pointed out that Moscatelli had in fact earned his release by squealing on several comrades as soon as he was arrested. Added II Tempo: "The squealing paralyzed the party's activities in the region for many years...
...speech after speech, Yarborough told Texans: "You know during that campaign the poor old Democrat donkey got kicked all over Texas, and the person kicking him the hardest was Allan Shivers. He beat that Democratic donkey until he was bleeding around the ears, and he was lame in his left hind leg . . . Nobody much wanted that donkey then, but I took him home and put him in the stable and nursed him ... By this spring you couldn't count his ribs, and his hair was shining like a silver fox. I got on that donkey and started to ride...
...this week, after an early-morning workout, misfortune came back to dog the Dancer. He pulled up lame again, and Owner Alfred Vanderbilt finally decided to call it quits. In three years and 22 starts, the Big Grey had lost only one-the 1953 Kentucky Derby-and earned $785,240. Said Vanderbilt: "He will not race again, and will enter stud at the Sagamore Farm in Maryland next spring...
...must, for the record, correct your description of me. I have been lame all my life and have not had polio; and I get about quite easily, without pain...