Word: wristed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...four-legged mastodon lumbering across the floor at General Electric's Schenectady plant. As Mosher flexed his arms, the monster climbed a stack of heavy timbers to pose like a circus elephant with one foreleg held in the air. A flick of Mosher's wrist swung a 6½-ft. metal leg in an arc and sent the timbers flying. Another flick and the foreleg playfully kicked sand at watching newsmen...
...line-up today will be the same as at Annapolis last Saturday, except for the substitution of Steve Devereux for Chris Neilson in the number six spot. Neilson has a sore wrist, but may still play with Bill Washauer in number two doubles...
There are two prime factors in the Bruins' resurgence: Center Phil Esposito and Defenseman Bobby Orr. On March 1, the rugged, 200-lb. Esposito flipped in a 20-ft. wrist shot to become the first N.H.L. player ever to score 100 points in regular season play. Boston Garden fans responded with a 15-minute standing ovation, showering him with hats, programs, and even a pink brassiere. Three weeks after Esposito's feat, baby-faced Bobby Orr celebrated his 21st birthday by firing in a last-second goal against Chicago. That gave Boston...
...Tree is the program chairman. "We're just like a corporation," says Steinhardt. "We work together, but must we play together?" When they try, it can cause trouble. Last year Steinhardt broke his own self-imposed rule by challenging Tree on the tennis court and fractured his wrist...
...after a 1952 painting expedition to Nova Scotia that Frankenthaler painted Mountains and Sea, a wonderfully warm and gentle abstract landscape in which for the first time she developed the stain technique. She moved her canvas onto the floor and began to use her shoulder rather than her wrist, employed paint cans rather than palettes, and a sponge as well as a brush. With a few minor variations, she still uses the technique today. It enables her to play unendingly with soft, airy, graceful forms...