Word: waists
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Hughes' physical appearance was horrifying. His straggly beard hung to his waist; his hair reached mid-back. His fingernails were two inches long, and his toenails grew and grew until they resembled yellow corkscrews. When he was still able, he walked with a pronounced stoop. Often he went naked. Sometimes he wore a pair of drawstring white underpants (he had an aversion to buttons, metal snaps and zippers). On the three occasions during the hidden years when he met outsiders, he underwent an elaborate barbering, cleanup and clipping of his finger-and toenails...
...only two of them police) and 180 injured. "They were out for blood," said one Western newsman who had covered the war in Viet Nam. "It was the worst firefight I've ever seen." Huddled in terror on the central soccer field, student captives were stripped to the waist and kicked around by swaggering soldiers. Shoes, watches, eyeglasses and golden Buddha medallions were confiscated. The wounded were left to bleed-drawing flies in the noonday sun, while military doctors awaited "instructions" from their commanders...
Another paradox of Southern life is that the "niceness" image overlays a tradition of strong women. Says Ackerly: "Oh, we all love to see Gone With the Wind, and how Scarlett flits around with nothing to worry about except how small her waist is. But when it came time, Scarlett wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty. The Southern woman may seem soft and sweet, but she can do almost anything." Irma Lee Shepherd, a psychologist and professor at Georgia State University, agrees. Says she: "Girls who might whisper, simper and have the vapors at a dance often...
Untold fortunes are dribbled away on fringe gimmickry. Samples: Kingaroo Practice Pouches that carry eight tennis balls at the player's waist; Volley-Hi, the taller tennis-ball basket stand; GRABIT, a tiny claw set on the racquet butt for picking up single balls without bending; Lobster, one of the many mechanical tennis partners able to shoot practice balls at you every 3% seconds. Stores bulge with any or all of the several hundred tennis books now in print. (Sample title: How to Increase Your Net Value). Alluring fashion ads offer raiment ranging from the new see-through tennis dresses...
...identify with, but it is a silly business. Olivia de Havilland could prove her fighting spirit with a word or a glance and not suffer even the tiniest rip in her bodice. Poor Bujold, on the other hand, must come close to being stripped to the waist by Shaw's rapier - a dishonorable dueling tactic that his gallant screen forebears would never have indulged...