Word: straps
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Experience under raids taught London wardens to place the strap of the helmet behind the head rather than under the chin, Mrs. DeRoth said. "That way, the blast of a bomb isn't as likely to break your neck...
...Helmet Strap Dangerous...
Fiorello LaGuardia has never had high marks for decorum. Last week his misbehavior became so shrill and noisy that even tolerant New York took down its strap and went after its "Butch...
Because of his deadpan, most white folks assume that Joe Louis is a lugubrious fellow. Actually, he is as mischievous as a child. "When he was a kid," his mother grins, "I near wore his backside out with a strap. He slept in the same bed with two of his brothers and it was worth my life to keep them out of devilment." Away from the spotlight, which he loathes, Joe still likes his simple fun. Early mornings at training camp, he often routs everyone out of bed by pulling off their blankets. Jogging along the country roads, his tongue...
...sulky circuit. Perpetual, no great shakes as a two-year-old, had won three big stake races this summer (the Matron, the National and the Historic). But Doc's colt had recently come down with a fever, was seen stepping around the track wearing a jowl strap only an hour before the Big Race...