Word: hurl
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...assist, six points, and has two free throws with one second left; the team is down only by one. He misses the first, then concentrates with tongue-tip precision on the tying point. "I take a deep breath, draw back my arm and in one quick motion I hurl the ball twenty feet over the backboard into the crowd. And I laugh and laugh and laugh...
...have been mis-diagnosed as demonic possession; these range from psychiatric disorders like paranoia and schizophrenia to diseases which affect the nervous system. Parapsychologists working with ESP, telekinesis and other psychic phenomena can also raise questions about the demonic origins of the possessed individual's reputed ability to mentally hurl objects around and read minds. Martin tries to deal with this criticism; one of the exorcists challenges a group of parapsychologists dabbling in astral travel and reincarnation by asking whether, if preternatural powers exist, they must be good, or whether they might not be diabolic in nature...
...event, parts of the Great Plains have received so little rain that they are actually drier than at the onset of the great drought of '34. Starved for moisture, the rich topsoil in hard-hit areas of the Great Plains is turning into a fine brown silt. Winds hurl the dust particles against the still-growing sprouts, until they lose their color...
...resort. No one is ever beaten or tortured, however, and it is, as Pasqualini says, fascinating to see how far the Chinese get by talking alone. Yet "struggling" is a pretty exhausting process mentally, if not physically. The victim sits surrounded by his fellow inmates, head bowed, as they hurl phrases like "Down with the obstinate prisoner" or "Confess or face the consequences." Sometimes forbidden words, "liar," "scum" or "son of a bitch" slip in--and the gang's abuse is too relentless for comedy. Even a strong-willed victim's only out is to pretend to confess sincerely...
Senior Jiggetts, the All-American grid ace for the 1975 Ivy football champs, made a mockery of matters in the weight throw. The mammoth chucker unloaded a 61 ft. 8 1/2 in. hurl to top the tossing pack...