Word: necked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Thuna said the alleged assailant, whom she described as a former Carpenter Center employee who has a history of mental problems, grabbed her by the neck of her dress and repeatedly pushed her against a desk...
complained to Dr. Bruenn of a slight headache and a stiffness in his neck. But he was in a fine mood. There was to be a barbecue that night, and for the first time he had put Lucy's name on the official guest list. Apparently he was be yond worrying about his wife's feelings...
...there was no lack of public works that needed building. With money from the New Deal's "alphabet" agencies, Moses went to work. By 1940, he had changed the city's face. Manhattan's West Side Highway, the Harlem River Drive, the Triborough, Verrazano, Throgs Neck and Bronx-Whitestone bridges, not to mention Riverside, Flushing and Van Cortlandt parks, are only a few of the things that eventually owed their existence to Moses...
...spend it leisurely imbibing mixed drinks and raw oysters, clams and shrimps in the upstairs bar while waiting for your number to be called. The dining rooms (plural now) are no longer full to overflowing, just full to capacity. And people no longer breathe down your neck waiting for your place...
...women, Cynthia von Thuna, assistant to the director of the Carpenter Center, said the man, whom she described as having a history of mental problems, grabbed by her by the neck of her dress and repeatedly banged her head against a desk...