Word: limbs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...break the police cordons thrown round the building. Eventually several Fascisti dashed by the police, entered the hotel, chased Signor Amendola up to his bedroom on the fourth floor where he locked himself in. His secretary received a black eye for being heavy of foot and stiff of limb. At this point, Fascist Deputies prevented further insurrection by urging the local Black Shirts to remain calm and Signor Amendola to leave town...
...character of his home, the food he shall eat, the degree of education he will give his children and to determine his standard as a citizen. Such a commission may determine what price a man may die for, what he will get for a broken back or a fractured limb. I don't know, any man who works with his hands who will arbitrate such a question...
Dazed, he looks for an old landmark. What? No "Pill Box"? Only a traffic policeman marks the spot. With filmed eye and tottering limb, he makes for him. But rashly, for the released traffic leaps forth. Down goes the stranger. The officer's arms gyrate madly. A snort of disgust--"Top slow...
...handed it to a Bright Young Reporter. To Stamford, Conn., hastened the B. Y. R. His nostrils quivered also. Headmaster Slack was the opossum. Next day, in the great daily, appeared a front-page headline: "PREP SCHOOL CUTS RATE FOR STAR ATHLETES." Headmaster Slack was out on a limb...
Then began the slapping, spanking bout of brawn and brain. A sinewy limb slipped under an unprotected crotch, another encircled an unguarded torso, there was a sudden jerk forward, followed by a heavy fall, and Champion Lewis found himself pinioned beneath 250 pounds of his opponent...