Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...King Talal himself, 43-year-old successor to the late King Abdullah, heard of the excitement, dropped down to watch, and was taken for a ride. Next day, bursting with pride, he insisted that Syria's visiting bosses Shishekly and Selo, who have so far turned a cold shoulder to Point Four aid, come and have a look. Ten days later, Monroe had pushed the mountain far enough aside for cars to get through. By last week's end the highway was almost as good as new, and Man Mountain Monroe was back teaching the Bedouins...
Vegetable with a Chip. Progress came slowly, but it came. A nine-year-old who used to scream and writhe uncontrollably now does second-grade reading; a husky 14-year-old who came in like "a vegetable with a chip on his shoulder" was coaxed into struggling with his three...
...beginning of practice Pickett had his choice of three goalies, but Wednesday the team's first major injury occurred. John Ogdell, all ex-Andover player, separated his left shoulder and was put out of action for the rest of the year. Pickett said that as yet he has not chosen his starting goal tender from the two remaining men, John Eldridge and Steve Denhartog, although yesterday at the first full field scrimmage, Denhartog handled the net assignment...
Players will be allowed to draw uniforms and pads for voluntary individual spring workouts, although Jordan said he would advise against practicing in full uniform. "A sweatsuit, helmet, and shoulder pads ought to be enough," he remarked...
...punishment. Tanjong Malim had long been a supply and information depot for the Red guerrillas, he said. "It does not amuse me to punish innocent people," snapped Templer, "but many among you are not innocent. You have information which you are too cowardly to give . . . Have some guts and shoulder the responsibility of citizenship." Templer slapped a 22-hour curfew on the entire village, allowing inhabitants to move about only during the usual midday shopping hours, and cut the rice ration of all but children from 6⅔ to 4 Ibs. per week...