Word: thighed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...last entry is dated Oct. 7, the day before he was captured in a ravine in the Quebrada del Yuro, a bullet in his left thigh and his M-l semi-automatic carbine shot out of his hands. "The 17 of us left [a canyon] under a waning moon, the march was very tiresome and we left many traces in the canyon where we were," he wrote. "At two we stopped to rest, since it was useless to continue advancing." The sad crusade was near...
...capital. A vast crowd-half white, half black-marched from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial. Placards identified them as "Sisters of Watts" and "Concerned Citizens from Slippery Rock"; costumes identified them as Indians and Mexican-Americans, hippies and middle-class citizens of all shades. Young people waded thigh-deep in the Mall's giant reflecting pool, and families sprawled on the grass for picnics of fried chicken, chitlins and all manner of exotic salads. Even the numbing, five-hour drone of songs (four), speeches (19), and prayers (five) recalled another occasion...
...Loan grew impatient at South Vietnamese navy and marine troops trying to knock them out, came to the bridge to take personal command of the assault. It nearly cost him his life. After firing several bursts from his AR-15 at the enemy, he himself was hit in the thigh and leg. An American MP floated Loan down the river under the protection of the floor boards of the docks and stilt-houses until he could be safely evacuated. Loan's deputy, however, died in action, as did the commander of Tan Son Nhut Airbase. But because...
...Carol cannot yet afford to buy her own jet, like Arnie Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, her golf winnings do allow her to indulge her penchant for thigh-high, pastel-colored skirts ("I wear miniskirts and maxi-legs"). And if worse comes to worst, she can always pick up a little change by challenging men to a driving contest. Probably the longest hitter on the ladies' tour, Carol consistently belts her drives 250 yds. or more, and there is little wrong with the rest of her game. Last month, in Atlanta's Lady Carling Open, she shot...
...third game of his sophomore season, against Amherst, Ohiri scored four goals before he pulled a thigh muscle and sat out the rest of the game. Harvard won, 4-2, but Ohiri was lost for the majority of the season...