Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When John Fine was finally convinced that Ike was going to win the nomination, he telephoned Brownell at his office in Chicago's Conrad Hilton Hotel and said that he was almost ready to throw his votes to Ike. But he wanted assurance that Michigan's Summerfield would go along. Said Brownell: "The only way to do this is to get Summerfield on the phone." He picked up another phone called Summerfield off the convention floor. With a telephone in each hand Fine on one and Summerfield on the other, he held the phones so each could hear...
...take all that goes with it, and that is complete dictatorship for all of us. We cannot continue to be a free European people. We cannot be free men ourselves if we want to enslave the rest of the population. Is democracy so vile, so worthless that we should throw it away because the Minister of Justice has difficulty with native agitators...
Freddie Gleg, six foot four captain, was the key man in the Yale win, just as he was in Dartmouth's six other victories. Third high scorer in the Ivy, he throw in 24 points against the Elis, and rebounded well...
...weight throw, broad jump, and pole vault end of the meet, held at M.I.T. yesterday, four Crimson entrants turned in fine performances. Bob Curran and Whitey Black placed 1-2 in the weight throw, while newly-wed Bob Mello took the pole vault at 12 foot 6 inches, with freshman Kip Smith a surprise fourth place tie at 11 foot 6 inches...
...third dimensional traps into which author, producer, and director Arch Oboler blundered is the temptation to "throw" things at the audience. Lions leap, spears hurtle, feet kick, and Miss Britton pushes her puckered lips right at the camera. These are gimmicks, and poor ones, since the third dimension does not seem to work near the camera. The image becomes blurred and Miss Britton develops another head. The only sensation that the audience feels is one of eyestrain. But equally poor are long distance shots, backgrounds seem that and artificial. The best effects come in the middle distance, although close...