Word: chesting
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...ballerina in pink & white tarlatan waddled across the broad, bare stage with the grace of an angry duck, poised herself on her toes in the manner of Alicia Markova and executed a series of shaky pirouettes. To no music at. all she leaped through the air and beat her chest in an athletic agony that was unmistakably Martha Graham...
...large (225 lbs.), hearty man with a bellowing laugh, has worked out 1,000 inventions. Last week he was fondling two newborn brain children: the Tubadipdrip, a combination coffeemaker-teamaker and cocktail mixer, and the Tempot, a combination fireless cooker-ice cream freezer-frozen food locker-foot bath-thermos chest-dishwasher-air conditioner and bachelor's chef. They will probably make their way without trouble in the commercial world, just like Dr. Schlumbohm's (rhymes with slum bum) other oddly named gadgets. Some of them...
...though her shoulders were as broad as a fullback's, Helen discovered that she didn't have the resistance to practice from 9 to 5. When she could afford them, Helen began stuffing herself with potatoes and fattening desserts, gained 25 Ibs. in one year. As her chest and stomach got rounder and fuller, so did her voice. "I gave up any idea of being svelte." She laughs louder than anyone at jokes about her massiveness. Now she weighs...
...best feathers for Community Chest purposes come from Chinese ducks, have been unobtainable since the outset of World War II. This year's 3¾-inch red feathers (wholesale price: $1.50 a thousand) are plucked from pigeons' wings, and are much less amenable. Reason: 50% bend to the left, will not ride well on the left side of a masculine hat band...
Pain Killers. There was more hope for victims of the excruciating pain resulting from angina pectoris and some types of cancer. St. Louis' Surgeon Roland M. Klemme reported a new technique of cutting certain sympathetic nerves in the chest, which stops angina pain without harmful effects; Chicago's Surgeon Jacob P. Greenhill said that a similar operation on abdominal sympathetic nerves often gives permanent relief from pain in cancer of the uterus and other pelvic organs. Also effective: an alcohol injection in the spine...