Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...street in downtown Sao Paulo, a lean, intense young man brandishing a length of rubber hose charged a paunchy, white-haired, grandfatherly type. "Nasty old man!" shouted the attacker. "I'll teach you a lesson!" The improvised truncheon whistled past the victim's head, thudded against his shoulder. After that the oldster did the teaching. He whipped off his glasses, grabbed the upswung truncheon with both hands, wrenched it away, then gave the young man several ferocious whacks with it before the cops put an end to the skirmish, a sequel to a talk-of-the-town scandal...
...Cambodian mother, had quite another idea. Better, she thought, a real prince, even a Cambodian one with concubines, than a mere wage-earning European. A fragile and lovely center of interest in a bikini bathing suit by the pool at Le Cercle Sportif, Monique gave the cold shoulder to all European suitors and bided her time...
Leslie Streeter, American skiier from Northfield Vermont, who suffered torn ligaments and a fractured shoulder Monday was permitted to leave the hospital for his hotel yesterday. During practice on a treacherous Olympic hill the 22-year-old Army private fell and broke a small bone in his shoulder. The United States team physician said that the injury would put the skiier out of action for a month...
...Only eight days after she lowered the women's 440-yd., free-style swimming record to 5:07, Australia's Lorraine Crapp, 17, put on her "old lucky swim suit" (the frayed shoulder straps held together with a piece of string) and competed against the clock in a Sydney saltwater pool. Result: a new world's record for the 880-yd. freestyle: 10:36.4. On the way, she churned past the 800-meter flags in a record-breaking...
...even more ancient sight than Lucille Ball with shoulder pads is the short subject, featuring Ben Turpin in Mack Sennett's Small Town Idol. The only entertaining thing about this relic is the realization that great-grandmother once laughed at it. More to modern taste are the two Mr. Magoo cartoons. Good old Magoo staggers through a skiing trip and the sale of his furniture in grand style. He is even better than Groucho Marx, which is quite a feat...