Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...encouraging to see college administrators trying to lay the groundwork for a dike in advance of the flood. But at the same time, it appears that many colleges are attempting to throw the initial responsibility back to the student. While the colleges' problem may be understandable, their solution is unfair. They have scoured the hinterlands trying to intensify interest in their campuses, and thus, in a sense, have themselves created the problem of multiple applications. The high school student from Iowa often is no longer content to attend the state university. He feels, instead, that he should...
...Pittsburgh the theme was still security, and in Chicago he gave it a new twist. He charged that a "virtual blueprint for socializing America" had been "found in the files when we came to Washington . . ." That night he huddled with Newspaper Publisher John S. Knight, argued that Knight should throw his Chicago Daily News behind the candidacy of Illinois' Joe Meek. All he got was a maybe, but Knight promised to use his Akron Beacon Journal to support Ohio Senatorial Candidate George Bender...
...Willie and his teammate Ruben Gomez (who pitches for Santurce) found anything different about Caribbean baseball, it was the ball itself. Much more lively than the ball big leaguers are used to, the Puerto Rican special is a real rabbit ball. Batters can clobber it; pitchers learn how to throw and duck if they want to hang onto their heads...
...cites dozens of before-and-after case histories of people who have followed such advice with good results-the despondent businessman who kept repeating a Bible verse until he could "square his shoulders and walk out into the night"; the high jumper who made it after he was told: "Throw your heart over the bar and your body will follow"; the gym proprietor who kept a sign on the wall reading A P R P B W P R A A (for "Affirmative Prayers Release Powers By Which Positive Results Are Accomplished"); the woman who could not find a husband...
...Jagger) whose ownership of a nice old white inn in Vermont (remember the inn in Holiday Inn?) is endangered by business conditions. Two of his former men (Bing Crosby and Danny Kaye), who since the war have made a big success in show business, come to his rescue. They throw a benefit at the inn, and call on all the old man's old soldiers to help out. Meanwhile, they are able to do a good turn for a sister act (Rosemary Cloonev and Vera-Ellen...