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Word: throwed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...veteran and expert traveler, and I am getting fed to the teeth. You learn not to deal with representatives of airlines in small towns. They were chosen for their looks and have taken courses in charm, but they misinform you about routes and connections, which may throw your whole trip off or lengthen it 50 per cent, and the reservations they make may not stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Judgments & Prophecies: DEMOCRACY REQUIRES DISSENTING OPINIONS | 2/14/1955 | See Source »

Carl Goldman should, however, beat Bixby in the weight throw if he can continue to toss the weight beyond 50 feet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Runners to Face Green at Hanover | 2/12/1955 | See Source »

...colleges, the accent is not on points, it is on winning. The beauty in college basketball is that an underdog team, without any phenomenal shooters, can throw up a zone, or a pressing man-to-man defense, and upset some undefeated power. Half the excitement of a game would be lost if some 5-8 play maker could not freeze the ball for two minutes, dribbling by the lunging, desperate opposition. You don't need 100 points to win a game--even though the pros may think...

Author: By Bernard M. Gwertzman, | Title: Egg in Your Beer | 2/11/1955 | See Source »

...existing mailboxes in the old freshman dormitories are located above the first floor and they have only narrow slits through which postmen must drop letters. The mailmen have not only been forced to climb an extra distance, but cannot deliver especially large letters, and must throw magazines on the floor, open to theft...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: After 80 Years, Law Enforcement | 2/10/1955 | See Source »

...shots by Roger Bulger and a foul by Dick Hurley enabled the varsity to stay even with the Eagles through the first three minutes of the extra period. Three successful free throw attempts, however, gave the Eagles the margin of victory...

Author: By Lee Pollak, | Title: B.C. Downs Varsity Quintet In Overtime Contest, 73-70 | 2/9/1955 | See Source »

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