Word: limbed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...limits are "at best hypocritical, at the worst specious." In the spirit of Erwin George ("Cannonball") Baker, a fabled driver who made it crosscountry in the late '20s in 60 hours, last week's participants made no public nuisance of themselves, suffered no loss of life or limb, and racked up a total of only twelve tickets. To Winner Cline, the worst hazards after rain and a sandstorm were unwary rabbits. "I got one at 130 m.p.h., and another at 140 m.p.h., but it was the one at San Bernardino that did us in," he said, pointing...
...better but that he is absolutely vital to that cause's success. The musketeers (Michael York, Oliver Reed, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay), for example, never stop for a moment to observe - as Lester does - that the French king (Jean Pierre Cassel) for whom they endlessly risk life and limb is a vain and idle popinjay. Their opponents, the servants of Cardinal Richelieu, never seem to notice that their man (deftly played by Charlton Heston) does not seem to be scheming for any useful purpose: his nature simply demands that he spend a certain number of hours each day weaving...
Back in 1844, social critics condemned the polka as a menace to life, limb and morality. They should have lived long enough to see the Kung Fu, the latest dance fad karateing the country. Inspired by the Oriental hand-to-hand combat form (via the weekly TV series of the same name) and a best-selling spin-off record called Kung Fu Fighting, the dance resembles a samurai samba...
...losing a breast to cancer any more "tragic" than losing a spleen. It is a lot less tragic than losing a limb or vital organ...
...legs, where clots seem to form more easily. People who sit or stand for long periods are particularly susceptible, as are patients recovering from childbirth or surgery-one reason doctors get them out of bed as soon as possible. Once one is afflicted, however, bed rest (with the limb elevated) is usually the best therapy...