Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Doctors and officials in the Hygiene Department swear by Murphy, and when necessary, Murphy swears at them, as well as his wounded subjects. Usually, his frankness gets results, as in the classic case of the Brooklyn Englishman who injured his shoulder slightly in a house football game...
...clothes, field glasses and an abundant knowledge of bird lore. They know, for instance, that a robin sings, not because he is happy, but because he has just staked out a claim to a clump of trees or a bride, and his song is a chirp-on-shoulder challenge to the rest of the robin community...
...year-old Keeneyville, ILL. general store operator and his wife Florence. "I told the man, 'I want some money.' The fellow got up from his TV set, walked toward me and said, 'Now here. Here now, wait a minute.' He touched my left shoulder, and I let him have it." Bloomberg's wife screamed. "I shot her," Fred went on. "I can't stand screaming...
...never paused to appraise the discipline, economy and pungency of the Nash poem at its best. One of the best in this collection is The Visit. Here, in two dozen lines, is the whole armor of Ogden Nash-the sardonic side glance, the aptly distorted word, the poised cold shoulder, the burial of victims in clichés of their own choosing...
...took its name from the event in May when Yale juniors crowded into Branford Court, in expectation of being tapped on the shoulder by a member of one of the societies. A "tapped" man was one who had been offered an invitation to join...