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Word: leg (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...position on this year's All-America. Shifted to the dirty work of blocking this fall (and thereby sacrificing the limelight). Goldberg made the Pitt attack powerful. contributed more than his share to the superb coordination of the "dream backfield." When he was on the sidelines with a leg injury four weeks ago Pitt lost its first game in two years (to Carnegie Tech). Last week it lost again-on a fluke to Duke. Although Duke won the game (7-to-0) on a lucky block of an end-zone punt and got only one first down to Pitt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Wondering Boys | 12/5/1938 | See Source »

DALLAS, Tex.--The promising baseball career of Monty Stratton, 25-year-old pitcher for the Chicago White Sex, was ended late today when physicians amputated his right leg at the knee...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Over the Wire | 11/29/1938 | See Source »

Socrates sat up on his couch and rubbed his leg where the chains had grated against the skin. Dusty streaks of the afternoon sun cut through the prison window. At his feet fourteen men squatted on the floor and marvelled at his quiet courage in the face of--death. Was this death, they thought, do men ever die this...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/16/1938 | See Source »

...recent years, having wrenched the J. from his name, Atkinson-though thoughtful as ever about good plays-has become a Katzenjammer Kid about bad ones. This season he has pulled leg after leg of flop after flop. Of Case History he wrote: "The stepmother goes off her chump." Of Come Across: "You see him in bed, which is no treat." Of The Devil Takes a Bride: "This is a sordid tale, my mates." Of the author of The Good: "An old Hudson (N. Y.) boy, Mr. Erskin . . . should hesitate about visiting back home." Of Thanks for Tomorrow: "Thanks for tomorrow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: Minus the J. | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

Captain John Acree at right guard for the Cavaliers was one of the outstanding linemen on the field, and his severe leg injury midway in the game was a hard blow for the invaders. Also punter Sharretts was probably the top booter to appear in the Stadium this year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Football--- | 11/14/1938 | See Source »

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