Word: legging
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Aigle sailed slowly at the head of a great fleet of visiting ships through the first leg of the canal to Ismailia, Arab horsemen on shore waved their carbines in the air and performed equestrian wonders. An acrobat walked a tightrope with two babies strapped to his ankles, while whirling dervishes held hot coals in their teeth, swallowed live scorpions and otherwise entertained the crowds. That night there was a great ball at the Khedive's palace...
...Skinner faced the Indians' second toughest man and his first opponent who uses leg holds. Tom Connors took over for Captain Bob Claflin who broke his nose in practice...
Penalties-A. Key (leg check), Thayer (handling the puck), Carman (holding...
...station one day last week, he recognized them at once. Their clothes were clean but more patched and ragged than is usual in Western Germany, they carried tiny battered satchels instead of suitcases, and their eyes were bright with anticipation. Thirty-five-year-old Pastor Reich, who lost one leg to a Russian mortar shell, hobbled forward on his cane to introduce himself. "Guten Tag," said Else Hartmann and Irma Mueller shyly...
During the spring Chafee intends to strengthen the team offensively by teaching his men some new leg holds...