Word: legging
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...time the great Gunder Hägg had finished his eighth and last U.S. race at the Triborough Stadium of New York City last week, the lean, blond Swede with the quick flash of mordant wit and the flawless leg action had done something to U.S. track performances. Without apparent exertion he had lowered the old standards that once meant championship running...
China. A Chinese spokesman said: "When one leg of the tripod is broken, it will naturally have a demoralizing effect on the other two. . . . Tojo will follow the fate of Mussolini...
...Lame & the Blind. The wounded men and their helpers began trickling down from the crest. A man with most of his shoulder shot away was guiding a blinded man. One limped along. The litter team carried a sergeant whose leg was bad and whose face was cut. Captain Wozenski had to detail some whole men to help. I took the arm of the blinded...
...litter bearers stopped to rest. When they put the sergeant down he said: "Say, Doc, would you mind straightening my leg out?" What was left of his leg could be no straighter, for it was splinted between two rifles...
...climb grew very steep and we were all quiet. Wounds began to hurt and shock began to set in seriously. The sergeant moaned: "Doc, can't you keep my leg straight...