Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...them seemed to give a hang about pedagogical theories. The lesson that they taught was that teaching "is an art, not a science; and every superior teacher, like every superior artist, though he may begin by imitation, eventually develops his own individual style . . . Like the actor, the teacher must . . . throw himself into his part-but he has to walk his stage alone! Rules and systems will avail him little. Only his personality can make him successful...
...Glickfield, who had tried out for the squad and failed, reportedly offered bribes of $1,000 to Center Tom Cosgrove, $400 to Guard Frank Navarro, and, unaccountably, only $100 to Quarterback Jack Scarbath, the team's key ball-handler. Glickfield did not ask his ex-teammates to throw the game with Louisiana State; he just wanted them to hold the winning margin below 21 points, the gamblers' "point spread" on the game. That way, bets on losing Louisiana would still have to be paid off, and someone could make a killing...
...will make a thorough investigation of the MTA, and throw out the incompetents who have saddled its patrons with increased taxes and the 15-cent fare which Governor Dever four years ago promised would never come. Under a Republican Administration, I can promise that gasoline taxes will never be squandered on election-year shovel-leaners, and that inspection of contractors' work will not be so neglected that a faulty over pass collapses, endangering the lives of workers and bus passengers...
...when the people's votes would be dictated by questionable labor leaders and a politician of the puny stature of Harry Truman. I have about concluded that Americans are not using their heads in this election as clearly as the people in Egypt, who are wholeheartedly uniting to throw out corrupt government. What is the matter with us when we don't . . . read the telltale signs of national decline in the deflated dollar, crooked government, and a "something for nothing" philosophy . . .? Mr. Stevenson is a clever man . . . but I am convinced the present situation of our country will...
...Punishment Fit. In Boston, after hearing the case of a man charged with stealing five law books, Judge Frank W. Tomasello told the defendant: "I have to throw the book at you": 30 days...