Word: threw
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Marx tried to reorganize his Cabinet. As the price of obtaining Nationalist (Monarchist) support for the passage of the Experts' Plan legislation, the Chancellor had promised the Nationalists four seats in the Cabinet. He was, however, anxious to admit a certain number of Social Democrats (Socialists). But the Nationalists threw up their heads, planted their feet firmly on the ground, refused to collaborate with Socialists. At length, the Chancellor gave way. As a compromise between the Democrats (not Socialists), who were hostile to the Nationalists, he asked the latter to accept three instead of four seats. The Nationalists accepted...
...shone down on another meteor, one Friedman, who played for Michigan against Wisconsin. Now Meteor Friedman, in turn, thinking of flashing, dazzling "Red" Grange who had torn through his team the week before, had determined that he himself would flash, dazzle. Wherefore, he scored one touchdown himself and threw passes that made possible the two more. The score: Michigan 21, Wisconsin...
...crowd, they were working havoc among the student combatants. The students were quite dismayed at this unexpected attack, but only for a moment until one of the men was inspired with a brilliant idea and held the torch which he was carrying underneath a horse. The animal reared and threw its rider to the ground...
...Before the last Congressional election in November, 1922, there were not more than 50 pro-labor and forward-looking Congressmen. Labor and Progressive Republicans and Democrats threw themselves into the primary and election campaigns and elected 170 members of the Nation's House of Representatives. These are distributed among the various parties as follows: Democrats, 105; Republicans, 63; Farmer-Labor, 1; Independent, 1; total, 170 - an increase of 120 Congressmen in one election. The reëlection of these 170 and the election of 80 more Congressmen representing the people will bring the people a safe working majority...
...received at the Théâtre des Champs-Éilysées? Was there any truth in the report that the audience threw things...