Word: sling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...purpose of Gen. Ed. Ahf is not to learn how to write "purple prose," to "sling bull," or fill pages with a quota of words, but to strengthen the student's grasp of his native tongue, to smooth the wrinkles in his writing technique. In short, it is to do what no course in humanities, or even literature can be expected to do that is to offer the majority of those who will never darken the doors of Warren House the opportunity of improving their writing ability during the first two semesters at Harvard. Joseph M. Cronin...
...admitted a certain fondness. Last week the court (three out of the five judges were former Nazis) found against Avie:"bach and Ohrenstein. sentenced Auerbach to 30 months in jail and $643 in fines, Ohrenstein to one year and $2,380 in fines. Auerbach, his arm in a sling, sick with diabetes contracted during his concentration-camp days, politely thanked the court, complimented the chief judge for the fairness of the trial, though he was somewhat critical of the "terror verdict." and went back to the drab little clinic where he had been held during the trial's four...
...superficial slapdash thrill-seeking Capitalistic Spy, but I do not think you can prove it by documenting your name-calling with twisted quotas, misleading interpretations, and out-of-context references. Your eagerness to sling mud seems to belie the sincerity of your criticism...
...three probables to his credit. One day about a year ago, at a test-pilot school bull session, the discussion got around to the maneuverability of the Gloster Meteor. "Zura," a test pilot for the Gloster Aircraft Co., said the plane was good enough to do a "Fin Sling," a cartwheel-like stunt he had been thinking about for a long time...
...opened at Farnborough this fall, he had already managed to do the trick three times and he was ready to demonstrate it to an incredulous public. Flying a Meteor that was loaded to capacity with wingtip fuel tanks and two dozen 90-lb. rockets, Zura successfully performed his Fin Sling...