Word: legging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...explain. Life in my home town of Manchester, England, is a simple affair. The conversational staples are weather forecasts and family suffering ("Oh, you know our Terry. His leg's dropping off. It's great pity"), while the libido can only be coaxed into action after a drunken rout. As recession engulfs the city, the poor inhabitants will be so busy watching TV and eating white bread and fat all day, they may even forget they have bodies...
...break when he cancelled because his wife got sick. In that break we went to England and Germany for about a week. We actually were going to do ten days in the U.S., but we did like five or six shows when Cordell [Crockett, UKJ's bassist] broke his leg. So we cancelled the last few shows and got back on the Ozzy tour, with Cordell sitting on a stool for the first part of the tour...
...Annapolis, Stockdale was one of the most celebrated POWs of the Vietnam War. Captured in 1965 when he parachuted from his crippled A-4 jet, he spent nearly eight years at the camp known as the Hanoi Hilton. He endured regular torture sessions, and was often kept in leg irons and solitary confinement. At one point he severely bruised and cut himself so his captors would not dare parade him in front of their propaganda cameras. Stockdale, who still limps from his wartime injuries, was awarded the Medal of Honor and 26 combat decorations. His wife Sybil first persuaded Perot...
WITH THE ELECTION JUST FOUR WEEKS AWAY, DEFENSE SECREtary Dick Cheney, Acting Secretary of State Larry Eagleburger and Army Secretary Michael Stone have handed their Commander in Chief a leg up in the pivotal states of Michigan and Ohio. By lobbying hard, they persuaded their friends in KUWAIT to agree to buy 236 heavy M1A2 Abrams tanks. The tanks are made by General Dynamics in Warren, Michigan, and Lima, Ohio. The $1.5 billion Kuwaiti deal could mean thousands of jobs. And since it has been consummated just in time, maybe thousands of votes...
...injured man suffered "severe lacerations to the back and cuts to the left hand and right leg," according to the police report. He was brought by ambulance to Brigham and Women's Hospital and released the same...