Word: legging
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...South Wales, squirmed at the prospect of losing members and influence. Said he: "The men are in a hell of a mood. There used to be a time when a hymn would start them back, but not now. Disappointments have made them think the Government is pulling their leg...
...shapely leg...
...does a spider stretch its legs? That question is an old zoologist baffler. Spiders have no leg-stretching muscles, yet they have an unquestioned ability to unflex all eight pedal extremities. A Caltech biologist, after long study, has finally solved the riddle: the answer is blood pressure...
...right-hand copy of it so realistic that even the fine skin lines show. The hand will hold a pencil or cigaret (see cut), and the fingers bend naturally if leaned against something solid. The coloring is lifelike (if it wears off, it can be touched up temporarily with leg make-up). An Edwards hand and arm costs...
...Leg Appeal. Daughter of a small-town dry-goods merchant (her mother was the belle of Cocke County, Tenn.), Grace Moore started her career at 17 by running away from a Washington music school where she had been studying singing. In Manhattan, like hundreds of other stage struck youngsters, she made the rounds of the casting offices. But she had a stronger will than most. When she crashed David Belasco's office and recited the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, he advised her to stick to music. The agent for the Aborn Opera Company was less kindly...