Word: legging
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Hollywood's well-turned Ava Gardner issued a firm announcement that she was "through with 'cheesecake.'" "For eight years," she said, "I did nothing but leg art ... I spent all my time . . . posing with practically nothing on. I've portrayed all the seasons, all kinds of weather conditions ... I deserve a change...
After eight games, the best eleven football players from Cambridge have yet to play 60 minutes as a unit. This condition will continue this afternoon. John Coan, strong side guard, will probably see little action; Chief Bender, strong side tackle, is recovering from a persistent leg injury and will not play full time today; Hal Moffle, wingback, has been out for the last week and a half...
...Jackson bruises leg," "Nadherny wrenches knee". . . this year, as ever, the stories come off the practice fields reeking of iodine and arnica. Two years ago they practically amputed Ferd's foot before he managed to escape from the pressrooms in time to smash Harvard into minute particles...
...Leg In a Cast. She got a chance to warm up. After her 16th birthday, she took over Markova's role in Ashton's Les Rendezvous. Already, for the conservative Morning Post, she had "some of that intoxicating quality always associated with the great dancers." After her first Swan Lake, the Daily Telegraph granted her "that rare title 'ballerina.' " Her first Giselle, at 17, was, said the News-Chronicle, "the partial fulfillment of a promise she makes every time she dances." By the time she was 20 she had completed the great classical trilogy with Sleeping...
...night last fall during a performance in Covent Garden, Margot slipped and pulled a tendon in her ankle. With her leg in a cast, she could not dance again for three months, though she was scheduled to open soon in Ashton's Cinderella, which she had rehearsed for six months. It was the first time anyone had even seen her crushed. Unable to endure London without dancing, she went to Paris. Moira Shearer danced Cinderella in her place...