Word: neck
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...billowing tower of fire and smoke swallowed the ship, and fire spread over the water. In the icy water Sailor Terry stripped off his clothes and swam hard for an hour, to get away from the fire. He could feel the heat of it on the back of his neck. He bumped into a body and towed it for five minutes before he realized it was dead. He was just about ready to give up when a fishing-boat captain found him and pulled...
...ripper's first victim had tried to fight him off, was dragged into a street air-raid shelter and disposed of there. The police got his fingerprints from the skin of her neck, also from beer bottles in the second victim's flat, also from Margaret's handbag. When they made their arrest last week, four women had perished in five days, all strangled, all mutilated...
...Messieurs, la Cour." In a long-sleeved red robe with a jabot of lace at the throat and a cloak with ermine neck piece, the Chief Justice of the special tribunal, velvety Pierre Caous, took his seat. Flanking him were four other justices, an admiral, an Air Force general, glittering with war decorations. At the order "Introduisez les accuses," the five defendants filed in. First was Jacomet, a humble, whipped-dog expression on his lean face. Next the soft-footed, bearlike hulk of Leon Blum, a peasant's woolen muffler wound around his neck. Third was La Chambre, youngest...
...Australia bickering is as much of a national pastime as bets and beer. Since 1940 Australia has bickered about how, how much and where to help the Empire. Last week there was still bickering, but only about one thing: how to keep the Jap off the country's neck...
Variety's Editor Bob Landry has been a spectator of broadcasting and its people for nine years. Moonfaced, high-voiced, crinkle-grinning and articulate, he began by sticking his neck out and has affably continued to do so. His only bias lay in the fact that his readers are show people...