Word: tenderizer
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...What Tim had, at least by his history, was a true classic - a common problem. His physical exam was also classic - tender at a certain spot on the inside of the calf, pain here when he tried to stand on tip toe. It's called "tennis leg" because it often happens on the tennis court; it feels like you just got hit with a ball. In the days before MRI we thought it was caused by rupture of an unimportant little muscle in the leg called the plantaris. Now we know it's actually a small tear of a part...
...quaint custom in this state whereby both horse-drawn and horseless carriages must yield to the crossing foot soldier. There are few sadder sights in the Square than that of a lonely student waiting politely for a car to pause for him on Mass. Ave. At even such tender young ages, we are forced to become hardened kamikazes on every perilous trip to the Harvard Box Office...
Steve Austin’s hands are meaty, with stubby fingers not much longer than his thumbs, but his handshake is what a pasta chef might call al dente—tender, but firm. His nails are well-trimmed, but not manicured—you get the feeling that he cuts them himself. He mostly keeps his palms at rest. And when he’s excited, he folds his fingers together over and over again...
...greatly diminished John Smith. He wrote a letter to King James' wife, Queen Anne, urging her to receive Pocahontas in a manner befitting her status as Algonquian royalty. Uncomfortable months passed before Smith summoned the courage to call on Pocahontas. What followed was a heated, if not altogether tender, scene. Pocahontas turned her back on Smith, refusing for more than two hours to speak. When at last she did, she gave him a piece of her mind, telling Smith he had betrayed her people and upbraiding him for staying gone for so many years and never sending a word. Weeks...
...until King was broadcast at 9 p.m., and, further, "I wanted the main stories yesterday to be about my announcement." Nagourney responded that McCain could "say whatever you want, but ... some of us walked away from that feeling a little misled." McCain snapped, "I'm sorry if your tender feelings were bruised...