Word: thighed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ever do. When the smoke cleared away, there was Alice in tattered long Johns and thigh-high leopard-pattern boots. Black mascara, applied generously for a skull-like effect, ringed Alice's eyes...
Rich Bridich, a defensive cornerback who doubled as starting catcher for the championship baseball team despite ankle, thigh and knee injuries during his last two seasons, won the Jack Fadden Award for overcoming "physical adversity." Swimming manager Jack Berizzi took the Manager's Trophy...
...enough that the audience is practically sitting in the performers' laps, the unified effect of dancing bodies is constantly being interrupted by close-ups of bits of anatomy--a thigh or a wrist, even a set of armpits. And, for a touch of glamor, there are artistic effects, like Nureyev divided into six images, all kicking each other in the head. This kind of overbearing camerawork is an insult tothe efforts of the performers and to the intelligence of the audience...
What stands in the path between Harvard and its first win is the loss of three defensemen for at least one game. Charlie Kittredge, who was impressive in a 21-4 shellacking at the hands of the Naval Academy, will miss today's action with a bruised thigh and what Coach Bruce Munro diagnosed yesterday as a separated shoulder...
...soon as I was out, I knew I was hurt," says Kasler. "My right thigh was broken, and a piece of bone about eight inches long had split off and jammed into my groin. I landed near some paddies 50 miles south of Hanoi. About 15 villagers jumped me and tore off all my clothes except my shorts. Then they saw my leg. In about five minutes a medic came, gave me a shot and made a splint out of a banana tree. They put me in a fish net and started carrying me-when the planes came...