Word: toe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...know it at the time, so when the old woman began to claw away at the circle, literally to tear people's arms apart, the boy was more than a little amazed. In the process of fighting to keep her out, he injured his big toe; someone kicked the nail, which tore off, and the toe started of bleed. But the boy hung on, until Jessica finally made it in and, finding herself suddenly in the middle, burst out in that same expression of indescribable joy that the boy had seen in Elizabeth and Susie...
...going to go wash my toe," the boy muttered to John...
...rough work. A.F.L. Referee John McDonough, for instance, who doubles as commissioner of athletics for Orange County, Calif., high schools, considers himself fortunate because he has suffered only a broken nose, finger, rib and toe while officiating. Besides sidestepping rampaging linemen, officials must also referee a few brawls. Says A.F.L. Official Robert Finley, vice president of Dallas' Airsco Inc.: "If you have a few players throwing fists, you can normally stop it with six officials. But when the benches empty, well, I just back off and run away...
...felt like a little boy who had stubbed his toe in the dark. He was too old to cry, but it hurt too much to laugh." Adlai Stevenson, after losing...
...Smith and His American Independent Party Band," a small combo with electrified instruments that churns out Nashville-style country music and leads the audience in a slow rendition of God Bless America. Then on come the Taylor Sisters, Mona and Lisa, two seasoned blondes who harmonize a couple of toe-tapping standards and belt out an anthem entitled Are You for Wallace? (to the tune of Are You from Dixie...