Word: groin
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...When Presidential Secretary Steve Early kneed a New York Negro policeman in the groin a week before the 1940 elections, Ickes was set to work re-wooing the Negro vote. Harry Hopkins, said Ickes, called and "wanted me to get hold of Marian Anderson to have her attend a meeting and sing or issue a statement." Marian sang...
...little help hanging onto their molars; their big helmets often have plastic faceguards to give them some measure of protection. Still, the scars of battle are inevitable. When the Forty-Niners' Fullback Hardy Brown was carried out of his first game with the Lions this year, his groin ripped open by a set of slashing cleats, a reporter in the press box had the last word: "Pro football is getting like atomic war. There are no winners, only survivors...
...dancing instructor. The elder Macfadden's version: "He came into my office with blood in his eye, and . . . before I knew what was happening, he slapped my face and hit me." Berwyn's story: "He tried to shoot me. He kicked me in the groin. In trying to restrain him, I accidentally poked him in the eye." Of one thing there was no doubt: Octogenarian Macfadden sported a fancy purple shiner...
...stadium chanted for more blood. Sriswasdi jerked Kaeh's head down and kneed him viciously under the chin, blocked a feeble counterpunch, spun his man around and jabbed at his ribs with both elbows. Dazed, his opponent backed away. Sriswasdi took aim and kicked him in the groin, finished him off with a knee in the belly. The crowd screamed approval...
...Entrez done, Monsieur," said a reserve police colonel. "The session is about to begin." He smiled broadly, then hit a middle-aged Arab with his right fist, below the belt. As the Arab went down, the colonel kneed him in the groin. The Arab tried to get up; another cop caught him across the jaw with a club. Down went the Arab and the next cop kicked him, twice. He got up again and ran into the arms of still another policeman, who poked him into a sitting position with the muzzle of a carbine...