Word: legging
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sunday, with Harvard in a tie for first place, the wind picked up. The Crimson started badly, however, and only began to pass boats when Butler cut across a strong mid-bay current to take advantage of milder water on the other side. On the last downwind leg, expert spinnaker work by Ken Burnes and smooth coordination by assistant helms-man Bill Cabeen helped the Harvard yawl catch both U.S.C. and Wayne State. The Crimson won by four and one-half minutes...
Immediately after the race Navy protested that Harvard had turned inside a buoy marking the beginning of the last leg. The judges, however, ruled that Harvard had respected the buoy...
Kisses & Gamesmanship. In the finals, Balsis' opponent was none other than Wimpy Lassiter. A master gamesman in the tradition of Robert Cannafax, who used to pull a knife and stab himself in his wooden leg while his opponent was shooting, Lassiter complained of a fever, sinusitis and ulcers. "Pool players all die of malnutrition at 50," he moaned. "I've got four years to live...
Among 27 such complaints, Mayo's Dr. Colum A. Gorman and his colleagues found that the sensation was often felt deep inside the leg; in nearly all cases, it was between ankle and knee, but in a few it involved the thighs and feet. The only diagnosis, the doctors concluded, was "restless legs." A 70-year-old priest was unique in also having "restless hands...
Mayo's Neurologist Peter J. Dyck checked the patients for possible nerve disorders; none were significant. The researchers found, as they expected, that most of the restless-leg patients were anxious or depressed, and most of them had more severe episodes at times of stress. Men and women are likely to be affected at any age, and it may be that as much as 5% of the population suffers occasional touches of the disorder, though not severe enough to send the sufferers to a doctor...