Word: legging
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...method worked for both). Place your left foot between the wrought-iron bars directly over the lock, pull yourself up by holding the topmost spikes firmly with both hands, swing your right foot into one of the iron rings at the top of the gate, bring your left leg up and around, and you're home. That's all there was to it, in terms of the how. As for the why, I am not sure why the neighborhood kids bothered to learn to climb the fence, since our parents, as local residents, had keys to Gramercy Park...
...light cast by a Lebanese boy's flashlight, they applied dressings in a vain attempt to stanch the flow of blood from a stomach wound. When the man died, they moved quickly to help in treating the other casualties. "They kept encouraging a Marine who was wounded in the leg," recalled the boy, Nizar Nassib Kady, 16, whose family lived in the two-story residence underneath the Marine position. "They kept saying to him, 'Don't give up hope.' They were nervous and very angry...
...purpose of bypass surgery is, quite literally, to find a way around fat-clogged arteries in order to keep blood flowing to the heart. This is done by taking a segment of a blood vessel, usually from the leg, and grafting it into the chest, where it is used to create a detour around the obstruction. For patients with blockages in the left main coronary artery, the heart's principal conduit, a bypass offers the best hope of prolonging life. The procedure is also the treatment of choice for those with crippling pain due to several clogged coronary arteries...
What are we to think of a woman's suffering a broken leg when another crowd of 1,000 turned violent after waiting eight hours to get into a Zayre store in Wilkes-Barre, Pa.? Departmental Manager William Shigo could provide no explanation either. He armed himself with a baseball bat to defend his position behind the counter. Said he: "Get back, you're breaking my legs...
...salute and officers arrayed in spotless finery. As a Mercedes six-door limousine ferried the royal visitors through the chrysanthemum-lined streets, welcoming banners fluttered before them and wizened shopkeepers craned their necks to wave at perhaps the world's richest woman. On the last leg of an 18-day, three-nation swing through Africa and Asia, the Queen made it clear that royalty can still command loyalty...