Word: wristed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Emperor was imprisoned in a fortress on Gara Mulata. There he was allowed luxurious furniture, rich foods and the run of his prison-but night & day he remained chained to the wrist of a guard. Even so he managed to escape in 1932 disguised as a woman. Since then Fitaurari Shimels, who fortnight ago was in Addis Ababa for orders, has been Yasu's special keeper...
...handles the baton so cleverly and who causes that terrible moment of suspense when he gives his wrist that twist which causes the silvery baton to rise in a high are over the goalpost is W. Benjamin Tabler '36. Although a senior, Tabler will be back next year as a graduate student to continue his work of thrilling the stands...
Driving alone in Los Angeles Newlywed Senator William Gibbs McAdoo of California, 71, swerved to avoid another car, crashed into a telephone pole. His injuries: fractured wrist, bruised chest, six-stitch nose gash...
...from the saddle instead of the stirrups, were as obvious as ever. For the Hurlingham observers, the most encouraging factors of the game were negative ones. Hurlingham was handicapped by the loss of its regular No. 1, Captain Michael P. Ansell, who chipped a bone in his wrist last month. Eric Tyrell-Martin. who showed the effects of a winter's polo at Del Monte, Calif., played above his seven-goal U. S. handicap. Far from the runaway that the crowd half expected, the game turned out to be a tight struggle in which the score was tied seven...
...water, its right wing smashed, its engine crushed back into the cockpit. Pinned inside was the body of Wiley Post. Someone found a flashlight in the cabin, outlined the wreckage in its small glare. Finally Eskimo villagers pried the ship apart, got Post's body out. A shattered wrist watch had stopped...