Word: painful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...citizen had plenty to worry him: Russia, prices, the fear of a depression and the damned atom hung like grey fog just in back of his everyday thoughts. But when he got into his car and hit the highway on a warm spring day he felt no pain...
...Pain in the Backfield...
...Blasio, never a defensive standout last fall, was a pain in the Red backfield all afternoon. He stopped Red ball carriers short of the line of scrimmage seven times, for a grand total of 51 yards. He was thus personally responsible for as much lost yardage as the whole Red team could gain in 60 minutes of football...
After DiMaggio's operation last fall, enough new calcium had formed in the surrounding heel tissue to cause new trouble. The doctors could well understand that Joe felt pain when he tried to run or pull up to a quick stop...
...immediate treatment of Patient DiMaggio the medicos prescribed injections of novocaine and saline to ease the pain, plus local X-ray applications. Future treatment would depend on how Joe responded, but it was pretty clear that he would have to keep off his feet as much as possible...