Word: shoulders
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nevertheless, despite these facts, Curtis is a power in the Senate and a great man in his own environment. His is usually the shoulder that makes the wheel turn round. His is usually the conciliation which finds a basis for agreement. He is an active man, tireless, industrious, and devoted to the routine of his office--a man still young at sixty-seven, stockily built, sturdy, with more spring to his step than most men half his age, and reported by one of the most competent newspaper men in Washington to be the best poker player in either House...
...desk, one of a thousand clerks, high in a skyscraper. They sent him, fermenting with spring, to Coney Island with his girl, had him kiss her in the tunnel of love and bump her in the crazy house, until she leaned a tired head on his shoulder. Then they sent both to Niagara Falls...
American professionals had thought it was ridiculous for Etchebaster, with his limited experience, to play the great Soutar. When they saw him practice they admitted that his shoulder stroke was the prettiest they had seen since Mr. Gould was at his best. After the match Soutar went to the dressing room and poked Etchebaster in the ribs. Mr. Joseph Widener went to the dressing room and gave him a two thousand dollar side-bet. Etchebaster (pronounced-bastaire) retained his calm...
Black and silver Cito von der Marktfeste, a German shepherd, strode into the ring like a buccaneer. He was tall at the shoulder, his tail swung behind him like a curved scimitar in a tasselled scabbard, his mouth curled with an ironic courtesy. He regarded the spectators with complete composure, his lean face masking carefully but not completely its sneer. Intimidated by his arrogance, the women who sat nearest the ring applauded its proud and villainous visitor...
Persuaded by his skilled publicity, Sadie Holland went to Dr. Schireson for removal of her shoulder scar. He suggested that he could also straighten her legs for the $800. She consented. While he cut at the scar, Dr. Zaph (he says) worked thus: "The flesh [of a leg] was bared to the bone; an electric saw was used to cut wedges from the main leg bone, or tibia, and then the wound was sewed up. The limb was then placed in a cast and then left to straighten itself out as the wedge closed together." He added...