Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...been touched as well with tragedy that few have to endure. On a trip to New York in 1960 to do a small part in Breakfast at Tiffany's, she brought her three small children with her. The youngest, Theo, was being wheeled across upper Madison Avenue in his carriage when a taxi went through a red light, hit the carriage, and carried it into the rear...
...foil competition, the target is limited to the upper half of the front of the body; touches may be scored only with the point of the blade. Similarly, although the target in epee play is slightly bigger, only the point is used to score...
...target in sabre fencing is the whole front of the body as well as the upper third of the back. Touches may be made with the blade, as well as the point of the sabre. Therefore, sabre play tends to be flashier and more exciting to watch than is fencing with the other weapons...
Most susceptible always are the freshmen, whose ears have thus far maintained their virginity. The disease, however, is so contagious it even affects upper classmen, who fancied themselves immune after years of exposure. The saving grace is that, like German measles or suicide, it only strikes a victim once...
...springs that still flow from the foot of the mound, Dr. Pritchard knew by experience what to look for next. Leading down the side of the mound he uncovered 86 stone steps of a staircase with walls on either side and another in the center. Before erosion destroyed its upper parts, this was a secret tunnel for getting water when the city was under siege...