Word: thighed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cinemactor Sonny Tufts, accused last year of biting a Hollywood dancer in the thigh (she later dropped her $25,000 suit against him), shelled out $600 to settle a brand-new $26,000 claim against...
Pertinent details: another Hollywood dancer, another thigh, same teeth...
Definitely out are tackle Dick Koch, recovering from a head injury, and wingback Dexter Lewis, still benched after suffering a pulled thigh muscle...
Sriswasdi charged out of his corner, butted Kaeh in the chest, kicked him in the thigh, and clipped him on the back of the neck with a wicked elbow. By the middle of the second round, both fighters were smeared with blood. The music rose to a frenzied tattoo. With every blow, the 8,000 Thais in the stadium chanted for more blood. Sriswasdi jerked Kaeh's head down and kneed him viciously under the chin, blocked a feeble counterpunch, spun his man around and jabbed at his ribs with both elbows. Dazed, his opponent backed away. Sriswasdi took...
...life. Bader is a square-jawed Englishman with a remarkable past and an even more remarkable spirit. He was only 21 when, in 1931, he suffered his first and most serious accident as an R.A.F. pilot officer. His right leg had to be amputated at the thigh, his left leg below the knee. For many it would have seemed an end. For Douglas Bader, it was only a beginning...