Word: threw
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...nine children of a jeweler of Alencon, a provincial town to the south of Lisieux. At the age of 16 -that was in 1889 -she decided to join the Carmelite Order, but was rejected because of her extreme youth. Taken on a visit to Rome, she threw herself at the feet of Pope Leo XIII, "the greatest of modern Popes," imploring him to sweep away the barriers which prevented her becoming...
...Shock Punch. The unaccountable disinclination of a young lady of "society" to marry a prize fighter twisted this hero's life all out of shape. It pretty well interrupted the plot of the cinema and threw the action up on the bony heights of a rising skyscraper. From there followed reels reminiscent of Harold Lloyd's Safety Last-a considerable amount of entertainment. Of course the prize fighter wasn't really a prize fighter, nor was he an iron worker on the dizzy girders. He was a millionaire in disguise. But a millionaire can fall...
...terms as member of Congress he was nominated in the 1896 Democratic Convention for President. Like the late Theodore Roosvelt, Mr. Bryan raised a regiment of volunteers to serve in the Spanish War, and took the part of colonel. After being twice again nominated by his party he threw all his influence to Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 convention, securing the nomination of the latter over "Champ" Clark. As a reward for this service the "Great Commoner" was given the post of Secretary of State in Wilson's cabinet where he served for three years...
...first six innings were scoreless, with Spalding and Robinson vieing for mound honors. In those six rounds each team gathered only two hits. Farrington singled to start the Bowdoin seventh. On a hit and run play Small grounded to Coady, who unwisely threw to second too late to get Farrington. Howard muffed the ball, which rolled to left field, allowing both men to advance. Fish, who had struck out twice previously, singled between third and short, scoring two runs. Fish came in a minute later on a single by McGowan...
...entire south wall and a large section of the roof of the Cathedral crumbled and crashed to the ground; many surrounding buildings were ruined, windows for yards around splintered. The crowd stood still for one ghastly second, then fled pellmell. Amid cries of the wounded and dying the military threw a cordon around the stricken area, filled with poisonous fumes from the exploded pyroxylin bomb. Surgeons, soldiers and members of the Cabinet-except Minister of the Interior Rouseff and Minister of Justice Boloshersky (dead), Premier Tsankoff and War Minister Vulkoff (slightly injured)-rendered first aid to the victims. When...