Word: toe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...seen clambering around the upper branches of an oak tree with what was aptly described as the agility of an "adolescent gorilla." The beloved 27th lord of Walton Hall also devoted his distinguished old age to scratching the back part of his head with his right big toe. Such displays of animal high spirits were not, however, confined to the gentleman's later years. When young, Waterton made four separate trips to South America, where he sought the wourali poison (a cure, he was convinced, for hydrophobia), and once spent months on end with one foot dangling from his hammock...
...said his goodbyes to his neighbors, hepaused and joked, "Remember to tip-toe...
...three-fourths of his toe," said director Mark Prascik '89. "I had to go back and pick up the end of the toe...
...good part of the toe was cut off, but he's going to be fine," said Ruth Stokes, an emergency room employee...
Hospital officials said they were not able to stitch on Carleton's toe. They said he will not suffer any serious damage...