Word: socked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...play went on. Bok signalled for a time out, but the referee did not notice the injury, and Bok pulled himself to the sideline where he took off his left shoe and sock. Play was finally halted and Bok hopped to the side of the court...
...visit the mosque containing Nasser's burial place. "After all," he said, "we're on our way to Mosque-Cow, aren't we?" At the tomb, when a member of his party removed his shoes according to Islamic custom and revealed a hole in his sock, Muskie shrugged: "We're in a holy place, aren't we?" When he learned that the Russians were being difficult and might not issue visas to his press entourage, he had one ready for that too: "Well, Soviet...
...Brown didn't play their normal sock-'em-up, excessively physical ball game," Getchell said. "Instead they worked for short passes and ball control. They showed more finesse against Bridgeport than I've ever seen from them," he said...
...seems to me that King broke with whatever compromise he might have made when he jumped into the Vietnam war protest, determined to sock it to those who would have restrained him. And when he made his decision, he must have known that his life, although he had been threatened time and time again, was now measured...
Aspiring rejasers can find ample tips in books like Joan Ranson Shortney's How to Live on Nothing (Pocket Books; 95?), which includes a 100-item check list for transforming everyday discards. A light bulb, for instance, makes a handy sock-darning egg. With blackboard paint, an old window shade becomes a roll-up chalkboard for children. By nailing upturned bottle caps to a board, the kids can make a front-door footscraper. These days, rejasers even dump junked cars neatly offshore: the hulks act like coral reefs, attracting fish-and fishermen...