Word: numb
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...staff is suspiciously great, never having lived up to its potential. Last year Sandy Koufax's fingers went numb; this year Don Drysdale may need psychiatric care in mid-August. Behind the plate the ex-Brooks feature John Roseboro, a .249 hitter...
...Coach Vince Lombardi's admonitions: "Wear them down. Punish them. Intimidate them." Only twice in the first half did the vaunted Giant offense penetrate Packer territory. The lone Giant touchdown was scored by the defensive team, on a blocked punt. Tittle complained about the cold: "My hands were numb, and the wind was so crazy I couldn't throw the long pass. The ball just broke...
What feeble hope of pleasures that might numb...
...bill-signing ordeal that New York imposes on its Governors. Then he began a bone-wearying round of regional planning trips around the state, making speeches, presiding at dedications, and attending policy meetings. Often, he got only four or five hours of sleep a night; occasionally he became numb and bristly...
...will take two or three years of hard work on our part and his if this boy is to regain the use of his arm," said Dr. Shaw. "If it is completely numb, it will be only a dangling decoration, and no triumph." To ward off that grim possibility, even in advance of nerve surgery, physiotherapists are already teaching Ev Knowles to use his fast-healing left hand to work the joints of his pink but nerveless right...