Word: rib
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, for the 95th anniversary of the Old Master's birth, the National Chiropractic Journal printed a rib-tickling paean, showing that Founder Palmer was no mere kneader of vertebrae, but a true philosopher, "servant of the cosmic mind." Said Chiropractor C. Sterling Cooley of Tulsa, Okla.: "When he gave an adjustment, his manner was much like that of a composer playing one of his own compositions...
...seemed likely that pituitary excess set in after the Angel's long bones had stopped growing, otherwise he might have been a giant. His overdevelopment is lateral. Though just under 5 ft. 10 in. tall, he weighs 276 Ibs. One investigator declared: "The collar bones and rib cage are the most massive I have ever seen. . . . The tremendous nuchal [back-of-the-neck] musculature is quite beyond anything I have ever conceived...
Because he strained a rib, Ray Stone will be unable to wrestic this week, and he will be replaced in the 136 pound class by Harry Blaine, another Sophomore. The most remarkable change, however, is Dick Lewis, who is listed as the 175 pound wrestler. He won a decision over Duncan Longcope during the week in a hard, fast match to earn himself the position on the team...