Word: ropes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Louis, Herbert W. Slayden, demonstrating to his wife the hazards of their rope fire escape, suffered a fractured hip when he fell three stories...
According to the Cambridge Police Medical Examiner, David C. Dow '27, who signed the certificate, death was caused by "asphixiation." Although no note was found, Dow claimed that Nurick had been depressed. He used a piece of rope stretched from the top of the door leading to his room, which was on the second floor of the house...
...Quigley Preparatory Seminary. The late Coach George Keogan of Notre Dame looked him over as a basketball prospect, but decided that he was too awkward. He decided on a pre-law course at Chicago's De Paul University. There, Coach Ray Meyer made him shadow-box and skip rope until Mikan panted: "What do you want, Coach, my blood?" Short, husky Coach Meyer is still hard to satisfy. Says he of Mikan: "He'd be great if he were nine inches smaller." His size sets Mike apart, even among pro basketball players. At home he requires a specially...
...afternoon of the day Wylie was there, Uncle Charlie lit out for the barn as usual to do his chores. A yearling bull had caught his right foreleg in his rope, and Farmer Plaisted shoved him around with his shoulder and tugged at the rope until the foot was free. He inspected the 14 milk cows, loaded two wheelbarrows with manure and dumped them on the dung heap outside. After cleaning out the horses' stall, he called it a day, apologizing for his lack of energy...
...would-be mountain scalars for Yale, inspired by the warmest January 8 in New Haven's history, got stranded on a lonely ledge trying to climb the 300 feet cliff of East Rock, which overlooks the city. Their frenzied cries brought rope-wielding firemen who hauled them to the top, but waiting policemen subdued their premature spring fever by booking them on breach of peace charges. The pair were named as Donald Renkert and Peter Mensh...