Word: hernia
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...approached by the Venetian writer and rake Pietro Aretino, who wanted illustrations for his Sonetti Lussuriosi (Salacious Sonnets). Giulio produced 16 drawings, each depicting a handsome couple rutting with the energy of blacksmiths in a forge, and sometimes in ways that would give you, me or Jesse Helms a hernia. These, like so much of Giulio's other work, may have come from a classical prototype: the spintriae, or tokens, stamped with obscene designs that were used for entry to Roman brothels in the second century A.D. The engraver Marcantonio Raimondi turned Giulio's I Modi (Ways, for short) into...
Blackmun's Washington office had said Friday that Blackmun was recuperating from minor hernia surgery at his vacation home in Wisconsin. His office said he had been swimming and had taken walks after the hernia surgery and made no mention of cancer...
...occasionally dined with Doole at the International Club in Washington. "No one knew he was dying. No one even knew he was sick." Doole preferred it that way. When he entered Washington Hospital Center last year, he told his sisters back in Illinois that he was suffering from a hernia. In fact, he had terminal cancer...
...NOTEBOOK: Mike Meade, at 118 pounds, travelled with the team to the tournament but was unable to compete as a result of the hernia he suffered earlier this year...Harvard's 38-point finish marks one of the squad's top showings in the past decade...Team captain elections will be held tomorrow. Both of this year's captains are juniors...
...match started off well for the Crimson, as it took two of the first three matches. Steve Fabry, 118-lb. taking the place of Mike Meade (who suffered a hernia last month), lost a four-point decision, but 126-lb. Scott Beck took a decisive 10-7 victory...