Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...last week, Ike and Mamie Eisenhower joined 27,000-odd other Washingtonians at Griffith Stadium for the opening baseball game between the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees. They sat on either side of old (84) Clark Griffith, owner of the Senators, and the President satisfied tradition by throwing out the first ball of the season.- On his left hand, he wore a fielder's mitt which Griffith handed him. Ike, using an odd type of knuckle grip, threw the ball to Yankee Pitcher Johnny Sain so quickly that some photographers missed it. "One more," they cried...
...finished his speech, reporters crowded around, asked Nixon if they could pin his words on a "high Government official." Nixon agreed, and newspapers all over the U.S. played up two Page One news stories, both from a "high Administration official." One story reported that he said the U.S. may throw troops into Indo-China if the French pull out, while the other quoted the anonymous official's opinion that Physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer "is a loyal American" and should not be barred from Government work if he is not a security risk (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...
...humor of Hope as a balcony acrobat, for instance, has to be shown, even on the screen, more by what he says than in what he does. Give him a good line and he can throw it away with the electric unconcern of a stripper discarding the semifinal spangle, but it is not much fun when there is nothing in the line worth noticing. Typical Casanova gag line: ''Women are like oranges. When you've squeezed one. you've squeezed them...
Wharton, a tall, lanky middle distance runner, won the quarter, 220, broad jump, and tied for first in the high jump. Other winners for the Crimson include Phil Williams in the mile; Phil Easterbrooks, javelin and shot put; Mike Robertson, 220 low hurdles; and Pete Harpel, hammer throw...
...only real threat was in the sixth. Cleary led off with a triple to left center, and Butters walked. At this point, Stedman came in and got first baseman John Maher on a grounder to the mound. Third baseman Jim Rahal hit sharply to short, but Jack Murphy's throw caught Cleary at the plate. With two on and two out, catcher George MacDonald lined deep to left for the final...