Word: slings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Lyons (TIME, April 17), and Mr. Menzies had reason to think he might be picked-which would mean that he would almost automatically become Prime Minister. In his great rush Mr. Menzies slipped, fell, sprained his arm. He finally appeared at the meeting with his arm in a sling and was at once chosen leader...
...Spring fever Snell leaned out of the window of his room in Lowell G-42 and proceeded to bombard the famous bells with marbles from an improvised sling-shot made over from a cross-bow of his own design with which he has been practicing all winter...
...Hollywood, Shirley Temple got her first Christmas presents: an English Bible and four sling shots. Her mother discussed the whole situation: "The problem is the same every year. We get packages from every place in the world. . . . We let Shirley enjoy every present she gets. When she tires of something . . . we store it in the attic. Just before Christmas, we take them to a children's hospital...
More distinguished than any of her performances thus far as a mere working actress was Paulette Goddard's farewell performance as a phantom actress. Last winter, after breaking one of her nails, which were almost an inch long, she went about Palm Beach with her finger in a sling...
...pull Hilda up again it took eight men from the Department of Parks, a derrick truck, block & tackle. Attendants said she had no bones broken but she refused to move her hind legs. A sling was rigged to hold up her body and give them a rest...