Word: toe
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...with bow & arrow stabbing a Cyclops in the belly with a broad-bladed knife. Rays emanating from Cyclops' head indicate that he was a demon of light or fire. Despite the fact that his hands are bound behind him and his assailant is stepping on his toe, the monster nonchalantly faces what in a newspicture would be the camera, the better to show his single eye. The flounced skirt which he wears was obsolete as ordinary apparel in Mesopotamia at the time of the carving (about 2,000 B.C.) and according to Dr. Frankfort the artist bungled its design...
Clad in a skirt of pink ostrich feathers, orchid bodice, and silver shoulder straps, Toe-Dancer Sarah Churchill, daughter of British Tory Winston Churchill, made her debut in Boston in four-a-day vaudeville with Comedian Vic Oliver, to whom she is reported engaged (TIME, Sept. 28). Insisted she: "I'm here for work and not for love." Said he: "I don't dance...
...search for a reliable point kicker continued with renewed vigor throughout the week, George Roberts and Austin Harding making the most progress. Chief Boston and Phil Brooks also show promise of developing toe talent...
With the prospect of four more equally strenuous days ahead, fits of weeping broke out. Someone stepped on "Miss Cincinnati's" toe, causing an infection that sent her to a hospital. Girls who arrived thin were growing thinner. "Miss Bluegrass" was down to a measly 95 lb. When Director George D. Tyson heard that some of the girls were in a rebellious mood, he firmly announced: "Any girls not following the approved schedule will be disqualified...
...debate was the question of whether Birmingham's Vulcan should be ugly and misshapen, as mythology insists, or a handsome Hermes as many Alabamians insisted. The ugly Vulcan won. Plaster casts were made during the winter and the hulking Vulcan, 50 ft. 6 in. from head to toe, was cast by the James R. McWane Foundry. The finished product weighed 60 tons...