Word: wristed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...worst accident was in 1943 when a taxi knocked him down and broke his leg. Others insist that it was the day in 1962 when he was made manager of the New York Mets. Now, baseball's noblest showman Casey Stengel, 74, has a fractured right wrist. It cracked when he fell on a concrete ramp just before his Mets played an exhibition game against the cadets at West Point. While the Mets were winning, 8-0, surgeons cased Case in plaster and a green sling. Then he returned home, waved his still-solid southpaw, and showed...
...Rosewall. After all, he was the first player since Don Budge in 1938 to achieve a grand slam of tennis' four top tournaments-the Australian, French, Wimbledon and U.S. championships. Experts marveled at his vicious ground strokes and slashing serve, his unique ability to cock his wrist at the last instant to put topspin or underspin on the ball...
Harvard Captain Art Croasdale, held of the shotput by an injured wrist, at a new Brown stadium record in the with a throw of 186 ft. 6% in. Choquette took the shot for the Crimson just the same with a 49 ft. 4 1/2 leave...
...would snap in the middle upon impact. Others have proposed spring-mounted bumpers and thicker doors, sealed side windows to keep arms and legs from flailing out in an accident. Detroit has already built test models with windshields slanted at a greater angle to forestall head damages, and with wrist-twist steering that uses a small, five-inch-diameter disk for each hand...
During the shooting of Moderat, her son Jérôme came to visit her on location in the Charente. He was riding in a car driven by Jean-Paul Belmondo, her costar, when the car ran off the road; Belmondo broke a wrist, but Jerome suffered a severe concussion. He was in a coma for 14 days, during which time Jeanne left his side only to console the guilt-stricken Belmondo. "I was unaware she had such strength," said a friend...