Word: threw
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...From her small purse Zina Jukova produced a bit of paper and a pencil. Pursing her lips, she wrote. "Draw that long Finnish knife you have, Sergei!" she laughed. "Here is your paper." Trembling, Student Slovochotov drew his knife. The girl, still laughing, unbuttoned her bodice with one hand, threw back her head, and pouted her lips to receive a kiss. . . . Some hours later Sergei Slovochotov gave himself up to the police. Before that he had sat through a cinema show. Before that he had gulped down two bottles of beer. Before that he had plunged his long Finnish knife...
...every baptismal font he sees swimming a school of vermin. For the business interests U. S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg has been the nervous advocate; for the Church, Bishop Diaz has been the obstreperous protagonist. President Calles has been sending Secretary Kellogg temporizing notes; Bishop Diaz he threw out of Mexico. In the U. S. Bishop Diaz will wait until Mexican Catholics can organize an effective political party and throw out President Calles and his party...
...reception. The morning papers stated that lamp's diminutive janitor was greeted by a shower of rotaries dairy products and gin battles. This was a bit of false in formation bitterly resented by Bob "Why I was the big act," he said in defense, and the fellows only threw money...
Married. Henry ("Spider Boy") Bulson, to Margaret ("Princess Alahula Harvy") Berry; on the stage of the Harlem Museum, New York. An 8-ft. 4 in. best man, a 36-in. flower girl, a 783-lb. bridesmaid attended the couple. Bearded ladies, tattooed men, sword-swallowers, fire-eaters threw good luck coins as the "Spider Boy" proceeded down the aisle on his hands...
When the Crimson grapplers journey to M. I. T. tomorrow night to meet the Technology wrestlers, they will be without the services of Joseph Lifrak '29, star of the recent Columbia meet and W. A. Clomentson '28, regular 135 pounder, Lifrak, who in a six minute overtime threw his Columbia opponent to the mat for a decision of 1:51 minutes and scored his team's only points, has sustained bodily injuries which will prevent him from filling his regular berth in the 145 pound event. It has not been definitely decided who will substitute for the rugged little matman...