Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Although Benson promised that he would not buy any potatoes to throw away (as was done in 1950), not even all potato growers were happy about his decision. As he was announcing his plan, he got a telegram from the Wisconsin Potato Growers Association: "Historically, any Government aid to potato prices has led to surpluses, public resentment and lowered per capita consumption. Please do not put the kiss of death on this next potato crop by providing any form of potato price support...
...began when a freshman, returning to the Yard from a Dunster House interview, passed Feeney and two of his female followers on the Feeney side of Bow St., and said loud enough for them to hear, "Wouldn't it be fun to throw a rock through Mr. Feeney's window...
...Republican House whip and his 15 assistants made their rounds, pooled their findings and reported back to Speaker Joe Martin with discouraging news: between 40 and 50 G.O.P. Congressmen were ready to throw off party discipline and vote with the Democrats for a $100 increase in personal income tax exemptions. But just four days later, in the showdown last week, Republicans stood as a near-solid phalanx and defeated the move. Reason: a remarkable display of leadership by Joe Martin and his top aides...
Only four pages of the book are devoted to Shapley, and the authors also examine charges against John Stewart Service, Owen Lattimore, and others in an attempt "to throw down a bold challenge to the writers, teachers, and politicians who regard McCarthyism and Communism as twin evils and who profess to see in the former the more imminent danger to our freedom...
...rule means that during the first 37 minutes of the game a player is on titled to a second shot if be makes his first free throw. If he misses the first shot the ball will remain in play...