Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Drugs like aspirin raise the "pain threshold"-i.e., the point where sensations, often pleasant ones, ring the alarm of pain. An affectionate pat becomes a painful slap, for instance, if the patter pats hard enough. A person who has been
...back to this brass ring--it was bought in Italy. Now in case you aren't up on your baseball statistics, it's a fact that nine out of ten times the hidden ball play has worked, it has been pulled by the Italians. Freat actors, the Italians. Great actors, those Italians, And this ring reminds me of an extra great actor Harold Wit '29 and I met in Rome...
...back to this little man--he was different from the others--sort of secretive. He got it across to us that he wanted to sell us a gold ring. We told him we weren't interested, but he kept after us, getting more and more persistent. After awhile he got all hot an fidgety, and let us gather that he had stolen this ring. Naturally this made us agree to inspect...
...little man hustled us in a little neck, placed us between him and the street, apparently so that nobody, passing by would see the ring, and held out the piece for us to look at. It was very gold and very shining and had a very fine looking diamond in it indeed . . . and did you notice that downfield blocking! Who are these players? Where did they come from...
...back to this little neck. I asked the man how much, and he said $200. I took pity on him. I told him to go back to the Piazza and get his ring's worth from some rich American. I told him that we were just youth hostelers, and thus among the poorest of the poor. He asked how much we had, and I said, thinking this would get rid of him at last, that between...