Word: shoulders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...recaptured so successfully the sweep of panoramic action which was his hallmark in the silent days. Often his cameras, handled by four of Hollywood's topflight cinematographers, clinch the pictorial language of the plains in brief, consummate idioms: a stagecoach ribboning down the long slant of a prairie shoulder; the Cheyennes charging up a shallow river riding so evenly their ranks look like a drift of mist; braves in war paint raiding a cabin where two women are alone; a herd of buffalo, with a scout's horse among them grazing in the burnt grass...
Pulling out of her driveway in Beverly Hills, Calif., Cinemactress Miriam Hopkins collided with an automobile driven by Mrs. Fred Astaire, suffered a dislocated shoulder, a bruised nose...
...President Franco was in Salamanca when news of the Italo-German recognition came and with him rejoiced Spain's No. 1 Philosopher, famed Miguel de Unamuno, Rector of the University of Salamanca. With the whole city celebrating, anyone who looked like an Italian or a German was hoisted shoulder-high by Salamancans who in lisping Spanish did their best to sing the Italian Fascist anthem Giovinezza and the German Nazi Horst Wessel Lied...
...stands to give an incredulous groan by just missing the ball. On third down, Frank passed again, this time from Harvard's 48-yd. line. Sprinting down the field, Kelley turned his head at the 10-yd. line and found the ball where it belonged, right above his shoulder. He tucked it under his arm, sprinted across the goal line. A moment later, Humphrey's place-kick brought what turned out to be the winning point...
...commenting on the cold shoulder that Harvard men ordinarily turn towards "student movements", a national youth leader recently pointed out that the traditional spirit of indifference in Cambridge is the direct result of academic freedom. In pinning on liberty of thought the failure of undergraduates to rise and riot for more serious subjects than Richard, the expert in youth movements has struck to the core of the matter. For although other factors contribute to the Harvard man's seeming lack of interest in the world about him, the priceless heritage of freedom, for which the college for generations has carried...