Word: shinful
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...Shin. Threat of war with Moslem Egypt has re-emphasized for Israel the martial aspect of Hanukkah, but the miraculous rededication of the temple is not forgotten. Wherever families gather for the lighting of the first candle, the ancient blessing is heard: "During all eight days of Hanukkah, these lights are sacred, neither is it permitted us to make any profane use of them, but only to look at them in order that we may give thanks unto Thy name for Thy miracles, Thy deliverances and Thy wonders." On sidewalks and playgrounds, children are still playing with their dredel...
...powdered rhinoceros horn a powerful aphrodisiac (it is not), and will pay $2,500 for a single horn. Other parts of the animal, too have honored places in the Asian pharmacopoeia. Cups made of rhino horn detect poison by shattering to bits or by making the poison bubble. Rhino shin is good for leg trouble; the hip cures female disorders. Even the dung is beneficial for skin ailments...
...last Saturday's game against Penn outside right Ken McIntosh suffered a bruised shin and right half John Hadik developed an infected heel. Both will be out of action for several days. Right fullback Don Beaver, who has played most of the season with a sprained right ankle, is a doubtful starter...
...Cover) His legs are buckled into clumsy shin guards; his face is hidden by the metal grille of a heavy mask. Behind him, vague and impersonal, rises the roar of the crowd. His chest is covered with a corrugated protective pad, and his big mitt is thrust out as if to fend off destruction. Exactly 60 ft. 6 in. straight ahead of him, the pitcher looms preternaturally large on his mound of earth. As he crouches close to the ground, his field of vision gives him his own special view of the vast ballpark. The white foul lines stretch...
Happily for watch-standers, all decks are covered with a composition tile that is a lot easier on the feet than the usual naked steel. Fluorescent lighting has replaced the traditional harsh, caged lightbulbs of older ships. Hatch-openings, rocket launchers and other shin-cracking hazards are sprinkled with buttons that glow at night. Throughout, the ship is a symphony in color-dynamics: "Sarasota brown," "Clipper blue," pastel green. Marine prints and woodcuts adorn the bulkheads...