Word: scalped
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...time, Penn's leaves much to be desired, swimmers have to paddle across the odd-sized Navy bath, and Yale offers a round-cornered affair with a high-diving board that frightens many a visiting leaper into a poor performance, while a high-diver at Princeton would leave his scalp on a rafter without much effort...
...John Smith by Sir Godfrey Kneller was purchased in London and presented to the State of Virginia by 15 dignified citizens. The portrait was hung in the Governor's office in Richmond. It showed the old hero in a cuirass and heavy whiskers; an Oriental headdress covered the scalp preserved to him and Virginia by the love of Pocahontas. This headdress roused the suspicions of Richmond's polished, witty Alexander Weddell, U. S. Ambassador to Argentina...
...Scalp 'em, swamp 'em; We will take 'em big score, Read 'em, weep 'em, Touchdown we want heap more...
...Robinson's new sedan was almost hit by 21-year-old Footballer Paul Moffat's car in Hollywood, there was an angry altercation, then blows. Tap Dancer Robinson clipped Footballer Moffat over the head with a revolver. Moffat went to the hospital with four gashes in his scalp. Robinson went to jail, was freed an hour later...
...Joaquin Valley. When the spores are inhaled they settle in the lungs, cause symptoms similar to those of flu, common cold or bronchopneumonia. In a few days the "cold" clears up, but a week or two later, painful red swellings appear on the shins, thighs, arms, scalp. Known to valley workers as "the bumps," this erythemanodosum lasts anywhere from a few days to several weeks. When it finally fades, leaving only brown spots, the first stage of the disease is complete. There is no specific treatment for the erythema, but even without a physician's care practically...