Word: tendon
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...special decoration for their bravery. Of course, a medal can't replace the loss of a limb, but it can be a way for the American people to give recognition to reporters who have acted with valor. Jesse E. Foster Major, U.S.A.F. (ret.) Tokyo Having torn a tendon in my right rotator cuff, for which the only treatment is surgery, I have been obsessed with how I'm going to get dressed, do my hair and apply my make up with my dominant hand in a sling. Then I read Weisskopf's story. I am no longer worried about...
When Bok became Harvard’s 25th president in 1971, he faced hardships ranging from a torn Faculty to a torn tendon...
...didn’t help that, around the same time, he tore a tendon playing a basketball game with students, Bok said, as he reenacted for a moment what it was like to hobble around on one foot...
...close my eyes as we walked together at twilight to listen to the rustle of leaves. She loved to take children - any child - and sit them in her lap and tickle them or play games with them or examine their hands, tracing out the miracle of bone and tendon and skin and delighting at the truths to be found there. She saw mysteries everywhere and took joy in the sheer strangeness of life...
Having torn a tendon in my right rotator cuff, for which the only treatment is surgery, I have been obsessed with how I'm going to get dressed, do my hair and apply my makeup with my dominant hand in a sling. Then I read Weisskopf's story. I am no longer worried about my situation. The courage exemplified by Weisskopf and the amputees at Walter Reed are awe inspiring and humbling...