Word: toes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...French Lick, Ind., a gentleman, crimson from top to toe, crimson even to his dangling tail, ladles water from a spring. It is a sulphurous, brimstony drink, known as Pluto Water. There, by Pluto's Spring, assembled George E. Brennan, Thomas Taggart and Charles...
...retain the meaning which the group of letters gave." And accepting the tradition which exists in Ireland, in Greece and in Egypt of an ancient alphabet of sixteen letters the author seeks to prove that the well-known nursery catch, "Ena dena, dina, do, catch a nigger by the toe, etc.," is this lost alphabet, preserved by generations of children, who repeated it almost subconsciously, perfectly oblivious to the "depth of knowledge buried in the apparently meaningless words...
Strange three-toed tracks were found on blocks of sandstone on a farm six miles from Leesburg, Va., quarried to make a walk on the estate, formerly owned by President James Monroe. Smithsonian Institution scientists, investigating, declared it the footprint of a dinosaur's hind-leg, the fourth toe being too short to make an impression. Further digging in the quarry may reveal new finds. Comparatively few traces of dinosaurs have been found in the Eastern states...
...optimism entirely unfounded for Holy Cross has always been a hard team to beat and with almost everything in their favor this year, they seem likely to turn the tables. It was only Buell's toe which saved the University in 1920 and 1921, and many will remember last year's game with the sensational punting duel between Gherke and the veteran Simendinger. The first half ended 0 to 0, then on a wet, slippery field in the second half the visitors made two mistakes and the Harvard backfield began to function until they finaly won by a comfortable margin...
Fritz Kreisler, violinist: "In Berlin I convalesced after the loss of a great toe, accidentally injured while I trained Austrian troops...