Word: neck
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three-day trek into the regions beyond I personally got more than 100 leech bites-I counted them carefully-in spite of heavy army boots and gaiters, and in spite of constantly picking the vile creatures off my legs, arms and neck! One night we spent in a little shack which was so dirty and wet and crowded that we hardly slept at all. The sandflies were absolutely appalling. The next night we came rather unexpectedly to a clean, well-ordered Chinese camp. Here was a Chinese colonel, an interpreter who spoke Chinese, English, Urdu, Hindu, Bengali, Nepali and Assamese...
...measures which, they admit, are of doubtful medical value but which were helpful in allaying panic and salvaging the camp's morale. Early diagnosis of the disease is difficult since the first symptoms are variable and confusing until the appearance of a characteristic rash, delirium, painful stiffness of neck muscles, partial deafness and blindness...
Another group, led by a Lieutenant Masayoshi Yamagishi, a man of action, burst in. "No use talking," said Yamagishi. "Fire!" One assassin shot Inukai in the neck, another in the stomach. They all ran out and hurried to police headquarters, armed with pistols and grenades, expecting a fight. The place was empty. They drove to the Bank of Japan, threw a grenade at the door. Then they went to the military gendarmerie and surrendered...
...bath towel is enough to bring the spectators in droves. She isn't too bad an actress, either. Robert Sterling, as the kid brother, is fair enough. The film is never boring, and its value to you is strictly a matter of taste. For them as likes a good neck. "Somewhere I'll Find You" is nice fodder...
...basis of their showing in the Michigan game, Charley Gudaitis and George Hibbard are neck and neck in the race for starting honors at left guard, with Bob Byruce, who has played every position between the tackles as well as blocking back, the third man for the spot...