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Word: legging (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...prosthetic leg is not very obvious. Dinonno recalls that during a Christian fellowship retreat. Foster was leading a follow-the-leader game, and all but one player had been eliminated...

Author: By M. ALLISON Arwady, | Title: Facing Death, Embracing Life | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

Foster challenged the player, saying, "I bet you can't put one leg over your head and hop across the room." The player failed, and Foster took off his leg, held it over his head, and grinning, hopped...

Author: By M. ALLISON Arwady, | Title: Facing Death, Embracing Life | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

Despite his prosthetic leg, Foster played baseball, basketball and tennis in high school. He was also president of the student body, and he says he was often asked to give inspirational speeches as "the kid who played basketball with an artificial leg...

Author: By M. ALLISON Arwady, | Title: Facing Death, Embracing Life | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...check-up this November found inoperable tumors in the femur of his good leg, in his ribs, in his lungs and around his heart...

Author: By M. ALLISON Arwady, | Title: Facing Death, Embracing Life | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

...steep cliff, then jumped into the bay. The swirling currents quickly sapped his strength. He waved to a Coast Guard cutter to hoist him aboard. "The problem is, our goal was get to the U.S. as fast as possible," said Cecilda, fingering a scar on his left leg where he cut himself on the barbed wire. "Now we're stuck here, and all we can do is think about our families that we left behind." Two men have drowned during the one-mile swim. The picturesque inlet where their bodies were found is known as Dead Man's Cove. Another...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dispatches: Getting Home for Christmas | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

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