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...their cretinish little jester and that tired bird. The introduction to the "publications guide" chides freshmen with some grace and gentility. But Ibis's witless spleen can only remind us that Lampy wil probably remain the most literate of Harvard's prep-school fraternities, but only the ingrown toenail of her literary corpus...

Author: By Jacob R. Brackman, | Title: The Harvard Lampoon | 10/1/1964 | See Source »

...game, it would seem, is inexhaustible. Why did Julius Caesar love oysters? Who was Teddy Roosevelt really aiming at when he plugged a Tasmanian tiger? But it is a bit like reconstructing a mastodon from a toenail or a sliver of bone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Post-Mortem Analysis | 8/7/1964 | See Source »

...that kept track of all Commander Shepard's reactions to space flight. A group of physicians reported on the astronaut's physical condition before the flight and after: his temperature was slightly higher after landing, and his heart was beating a little faster than normal. A broken toenail and a small patch of sunburn were noted as preflight lesions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Flight Report | 6/16/1961 | See Source »

Less known to outsiders, but known all too well to his coaches, is his knack for getting injured (ever so slightly but enough to be worrisome) in antics around the pool. He broke his toe on a trampoline before the 1959 Yale meet; he tore a toenail walking up steps to shower after winning his Olympic team berth...

Author: By Thomas M. Pepper, | Title: Hunter Represents U.S. in Olympics, Wins Fourth in 100-Meter Freestyle | 10/6/1960 | See Source »

Manhattan's Podiatrist Marvin D. Steinberg. The instrument, shaped like a safety-razor handle with a sharp bore at the tip, cuts out the offending portion of toenail in 30 seconds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Capsules, Dec. 20, 1954 | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

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