Word: limbering
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Returning alone and tired to his Villa Torlonia home one evening some years ago, Benito Mussolini decided on the spur of the moment to go into a cinema. He entered and took a seat, unrecognized. Presently, his own limber face flashed on the screen. Everyone present stood up and applauded, except Il Duce. His secret enjoyment of the demonstration was interrupted by a man behind him who leaned over and whispered: "Better stand up and clap, pal. They'll arrest...
...exercises, the Ulenmen enter, the pool officially, and from 3 o'clock to 4:30 daily, exclusive of morning workouts, the boys wave their arms at the bottom of the bath. A typical session might consist of the following: to being with, a little kicking with the board to limber up the calf and thigh muscles; then, Coach Ulen will inform you to "swim ten laps at three-quarter speed." That usually means 250 yards about us fast as you can go, because five other follows who also want to make the varsity will be swimming with...
...last fortnight. He winds up his engagement this week in no less august a fane than the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, with Bishop William Thomas Manning presiding. To his audiences, Gypsy Smith's black eyes have seemed as keen as ever, his voice mellow, his frame limber. (Only last year he married for the second time: a 26-year-old to whom he had long been "my hero.") Never a ranter, Gypsy Smith preaches of Christ Crucified, rambling as evangelists do. He has told audiences: "You are my manuscript. I look into your faces and wait...
Jaakko, always deliberate and considerate, wants to use the meet to give the Freshman Harrlers a taste of competition, as well as giving the Varsity a limber up and appetizer. Though every Jaakko trained pack is out to win, there are explicit instructions not to strain for this meet, even if B. U. is far from being a pushover...
...Juan Lecuna, watched the Big Apple, the Lindy Hop, the Shag, drank what there was to drink. At the Savoy Ballroom, Bandmaster Erskine Hawkins swung Bach, Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Minor in their honor. The bolder musicologists ventured gingerly out on the floor, soon got limber...