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Word: sprain (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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This has been a pretty rough week for Harvard catchers what with Crosby in the hospital in New Haven and Armic Essayen done in with a bad ankle sprain. Coach Ethan Allen of the Elis said in the locker room after the game that the play that hurt Essayen was "stupid. Our boy shouldn't have gone in like that. I's very sorry about...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Reunions Make the Beer Go 'Round . . . | 6/23/1949 | See Source »

Nobody pretended that the stagger system was anything more than a cure for economic snuffles, seasonal sprain and local dislocations: a real galloping case of economic depression would quickly empty the Massachusetts unemployment fund. Last week the fund was paying out $1,000,000 more than it was taking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MASSACHUSETTS: The Staggers | 5/2/1949 | See Source »

...Every time I tried to walk, I experienced a sharp pain in my back. The Hygiene Department diagnosed my trouble as a muscle sprain and recommended and provided massage. When the massage had no effect, I went to my own doctor. He took one brief look at my back--unaccompanied by X-ray or apparatus--and announced that I had dislocated a bone in my back. Putting it back in place was a relatively simple operation and eliminated the pain. He was amazed that any doctor could have examined me and failed to see what was wrong...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Diagnostic Difficulties | 10/27/1948 | See Source »

Indications Saturday were that most of the men on the "sick list": would be ready for Saturday. Drvaric was still on crutches, but the doctors reported that his sprain was mending. Only Pete Petrillo will be completely out of action by the end of the week, the coaches suggested...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lewis, | Title: Harlow Struggles to Put Team into Shape for Saturday's Grid Opener | 9/23/1946 | See Source »

With its Iranian sprain nearly healed, the United Nations could settle back and think about their lease on The Bronx's Hunter College. But not for long. The lease expired May 15, and New York City, the owner, was hinting that it wanted Hunter back for its dispossessed young females...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Operation Whalen | 4/15/1946 | See Source »

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