Word: palming
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Divorced. Sonja Henie, 43, Norwegian-born onetime (1927-36) world figure-skating champion and sometime cinemactress (Thin Ice); by Winthrop Gardiner Jr., 43, socialite sportsman; after nearly seven years of marriage, no children; in West Palm Beach...
...skippers loved nothing better than to bring their tin cans swooping into Blackett Strait, heeling them hard and sending giant waves to wash away Army and Marine latrines standing stilt-deep at water's edge (they tumbled best when top-heavy with occupants). For each such kill, a palm-thatched hut was painted on a destroyer bridge. This sport continued until an admiral, beseiged with Army complaints, collared Burke and roared: "Burke, if you or your men smash any more of these goddam privies, I'll see that you are put to sea in one yourself when this...
...vacationer for rainy days (above the average precipitation) according to the amount of money ($100, $200 or $300 a week) he plans to spend and number of weeks (two to four) he plans to stay at a resort during its normal vacation season, e.g., Nov. 1-April 30 in Palm Springs, June 1-Sept. 30 in Atlantic City. For example, in a resort where there was above-average precipitation (over .05 in.) for five days, a 14-day vacationer would collect 10% of his expenses. If it rained as many as ten days, he would recover a total...
...bush village of Bokouélé, the ancient Kani Eyobélé was dying, so he called his sons around him; the instructions he gave them were minute and terrifying. As soon as he died a calabash of palm wine was to be broken in the yard of his hut. Then in Eyobélé's open grave a white cockerel was to be beheaded and released. If the headless, fluttering bird flew out of the grave it was well: the dead man was on his way to the upper regions. But if the bird stayed...
...Bill Russell (TIME, Jan. 9) wasted no energy in fast, fancy breaks down court or wild jumps after every rebound. Flatfooted, he let others fight for balls that bounced out of his reach, but every time there was half a chance of getting his giant palm between an Iowa shot and the basket, that palm was there. Russell's teammates took it easy, too, passed and wove in careful patterns until Russell was in place in the slot, then attacked. When they missed, the Russell palm was there to tap the shot in. It was all so smooth...