Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...figured he could reduce government personnel by at least 6% simply by not filling vacancies that occurred through death and resignations. In addition he would throw out some drones. Said Douglas sternly in a distinctly un-New Dealish voice: "Getting rid of these people would actually raise the output because it would create better morale and a greater will to work in the remainder of the personnel...
...city election. Defeat was in the wind. His stooge and nephew, Frank Hague Eggers, was on the run. Eggers, who had succeeded aging uncle Frank as mayor two years before, and four other Hague city commissioners were facing a well-heeled and powerful opposition which was determined to throw them out. The man in the high collar, who admits to 73 but is probably past 75, was fighting for political survival...
When Van Fleet is not working, he likes to stroll about Athens' ancient hills, or to sit and watch the setting sun throw a rosy gleam over the Parthenon. Most of all, he likes to browse through the Athens Archaeological Museum, where he invariably stops before a bronze statue, by an unknown Greek sculptor of the 3rd Century B.C., which seems to symbolize his own character and task. It represents a horseman leaning forward on his steed, "With Will...
Error and Wild Throw...
...Charlie Keith threw the spear further than he has ever thrown it before in competition. While Keith scored the outstanding Crimson win of the afternoon, Jeff Tootell in the discus and Don Trimble in the shot, both bettered their previous distances in competition. Tootell took a fourth with a throw of 147 feet, 4 1/2 inches and Trimble a fifth with a throw of 47 feet, 2 1/4 inches...