Word: roll
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Since the pitching surface is rough, the experts find the best technique is to encircle the penny with the index finger and then roll it in the general direction of the ledge, preferably with a sweeping motion from the side which is more conductive to learners. On a smooth surface, a tossing, rather than a rolling method is recommended, but on a rough surface one never knows which way the penny will bounce when it lands...
Citation v. Coaltown. Only last month Jimmy Jones said that "Citation could roll up Coaltown into a little ball and throw him away." Ben isn't that sure, or he makes believe he isn't. "Horses change," he hedges. "Coaltown is ten-times better than he was last year...
Whether the Air Force really meant to end discrimination remained to be seen. "There won't be an end to segregation in the services," remarked one Negro officer, "until they call a roll some day and you can look and see black & white, black & white. It's a long...
...five-judge appellate court threw the state board's price-fixing powers down the hatch. Unless the decision was reversed, there would soon be a wave of price-cutting all over the state. In July, 29 million gallons of aged whisky laid down right after VE-day would roll on to the market, ready to help the downward push...
...versus that of four oarsmen plying four; the speed and power derived from eight short oars versus that of four slightly longer oars; and the stability of a quad where the oarsmen are kept in balance by an equal and straight pull of both arms versus the tendency to roll that is always present in fours and eights...