Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Even a nickel wasn't worth five cents any more. In a survey of Manhattan, the Daily Mirror found that a candy bar cost 7?, shoelaces were two for 15?. In a penny arcade, slot-machine psychoanalysis was 2? throw. Quipped one shopkeeper, overhauling his price lists on patent medicines: "If you experience stomach distress due to hyperacidity, it will now cost...
...such a one, life was not easy. Leaders of Cochin China's neighbor, obstreperous, independent Viet Nam (new state formed of Annam and Tonkin), urged Thinh's countrymen to throw off Western control, called Thinh a quisling and threatened him with torture. Gentle Dr. Thinh was revolted by stories of extremists disemboweling pregnant women and burying Europeans alive...
Personal Aim. In Raritan Township, N.J., Albert Robinson, haled into court for throwing rocks at Eugene Michael's car, pleaded not guilty, declared: "I didn't throw rocks at the car; I threw them at Michael...
...Dartmouth two weeks ago, has turned in top-flight performances the last two games to make his bid for starting position against the Eli team. By far the best punter on the Crimson squad, he showed great defensive ability against Brown last week, more than once breaking through to throw Bruin backs for long losses...
Kirkland, undefeated in House competition and tied only once by a surprising Yard eleven, will throw its T-formation attack against the top Eli College, Calhoun, in quest of the mythical House-College diadem to be added to the Clark Trophy, which indicates supremacy in Harvard intramural football...