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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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There were two men in the contest at Stockholm who have lifted higher totals officially than Doug Hepburn. John Davis, this year's runner-up, who was handicapped by a leg injury, holds the world's record total at 1,062½ Ibs., and Jim Bradford, who failed to place, has totaled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 5, 1953 | 10/5/1953 | See Source »

Godfrey Truslow, the left wing, scored the other Crimson goal at 6:45 of the third period, after taking a short pass from inside left Bobby Lloyd. Marv Weiss, a junior, playing center with a pulled leg muscle, and Stacy Holmes, right inside, comprised the rest of the starting line. With Alex Haegler leaving his center half post to Weiss on occasion, and moving into the line, the Crimson has a smooth, fast-working, well-coordinated combination...

Author: By Peter G. Palches, | Title: Varsity Soccer Team Whips Williams, 2-1, in Fall Opener | 10/5/1953 | See Source »

...fine skier, but belittles his ability to the point of taking novice friends with him, then fooling them into accompanying him down the most frightening slopes. Other members of the Chemistry Department are wary of going with him, as his guests have an unusual propensity for breaking legs. Even his wife was unable to escape this jinx. One of his most prized possessions is a framed letter from Eliot Perkins, Master of Lowell House, in which Perkins takes full responsibility for breaking the leg of Reginald P. Linstead, famed English scientist who accompanied Kistiakowsky and Perkins on a skiing expedition...

Author: By Richard H. Ullman, | Title: Atoms and Skis | 10/3/1953 | See Source »

Besides Lowenstein, only two other men are definitely on the injured list. Junior blocking back Jerry Marsh has a pulled leg muscle, while husky sophomore John Maher is resting a bad leg...

Author: By David L. Halberstam, | Title: Varsity Football Team Favored Over Ohio U. In One Platoon Inaugural in Stadium Today | 10/3/1953 | See Source »

Frate, a senior, has been sidelined with an infected leg, and Meigs, a sophomore graduate of the '56 freshman team, was out because of the loss of several teeth in scrimmage against Boston College. Both worked out with the varsity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Injured Linemen Back With Team; Tackling Stressed | 9/29/1953 | See Source »

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