Word: plate
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...smashed his left leg against the tail of the plane. He fell behind the Nazi lines, and the Germans, too busy retreating to tend to him, let his bad leg get worse. When U.S. Army doctors reached him, they screwed a three-inch silver plate in just above the knee, and patched him up so that he didn't limp. But when he got back to college last January, Ohio State's swimming coach Mike Peppe told him he would never dive the way he used to-taking off from the left foot. Anderson decided to become right...
Tongue-Tied. In Berkeley, Calif., police heard over the phone a feeble, gagged "Help!", traced the call, rushed to the address, unhooked Mrs. Gertrude Gumbs's tongue from under her lower plate...
...chamber is a steel cylinder made of half-inch galvanized plate. Three feet in diameter and five feet high, it looks like a fat hot-water tank with an escape hatch. In addition to one cramped geologist sitting on a cushioned, red-leather seat, the chamber carries emergency oxygen, communication equipment and testing apparatus. The cylinder will withstand the pressure at a depth of 100 feet. A two-ton lead block attached to the bottom provides stability and a safety factor: the block can be released by turning a handle inside the cell to send the chamber bobbing...
...late evening. The scene, a corner table downstairs at "21." TIME Correspondent John Doe nervously approaches Gibbs, who is deeply involved in a plate of pompano and a bottle of Berncasteler Doctor '34. . . . Doe asks Gibbs what he's going to say in his review. Gibbs wipes his mouth with napkin, stares at Doe somewhat frigidly. Doe says, "Will it be something like, Quote I'd say offhand that there are only about three newspaper reviewers here who are competent to write about anything, but it is absolutely absurd to make an issue out of this play...
...River Plate Stadium last week, the soccer championship of the Americas was at stake. From the stands 85,643 spectators watched the match: Argentina v. Brazil. A bottle hurtled among the Brazilian players. A free-for-all started. On the playing field time was called for an hour and 20 minutes. When the Brazilians demanded protection, police responded by enthusiastically beating two Brazilian forwards, Jair and Chico. Worst casualty: the Argentine captain, a compound fracture of the leg when kicked by Jair. Score: Argentina 2, Brazil o, international amity, a black...