Word: legging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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WHILE DOING research surgery on a rat recently, I had the unsettling experience of seeing the rat begin to move its rear leg. This reaction is common to animals under anaesthetic: it results from reflexes at the level of the spinal cord rather than conscious awareness of pain. I knew I had used the proper dose of anaesthetic, but I was disturbed nonetheless. I couldn't help imagining what it would be like to experience such surgery without anaesthesia...
...Marshal to his informal manner and sense of humor complemented by an air of sophistication. The combination commanded respect, yet made visitors feel welcome and relaxed. Anderson modestly claims. "I'm not a scholarly man," but those people who have witnessed the former marshal at work--coolly throwing his leg over a chair arm and conversing with the guest de jour--believe that Anderson himself possesses "ambassadorial qualities" of the dignitaries he entertained...
...leadoff single to left. Bruce Weller got on when a fielder's choice throw to second was too late to get the speeding Vierra. Rivera bunted the runners over and Bauer walked to load the bases. Then Ed Farrell hobbled pitcher Bob Flock with a comebacker off Flock's leg. Flock fielded the rebound, but his throw to the plate was wild and Vierra and Weller scored. Martelli brought Bauer home on a sacrifice...
...EVEN the human finds its proper place on the camp scale, somewhere between Taylor's jazzy, slightly confused solo dance--arms and pearls flying--and her seemingly willful acrobatics on the chaise. As she kicks her heels high, her silk evening pajamas gradually reveal her entire leg. The leg, incidentally, looks almost as good as Taylor apparently thinks it does...
...some years, the Soviets have been building up a sizable, potentially destabilizing advantage in land-based, highly accurate, highly destructive ballistic warheads. The U.S. is seeking to preserve a balance by modernizing the land-and sea-based legs of its strategic triad with the MX and the submarine-launched Trident II missiles. The Soviets are constantly improving their formidable antiaircraft defenses. That makes it harder for U.S. bombers, the airborne leg of the triad, to be sure of getting to their targets. That, in turn, makes it all the more important that the U.S. develop two types of weapons...