Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When English movie-makers get together to produce a comedy, they first throw caution to some wind or other in constructing an outlandish plot. Then they work meticulously over every minor character and every line of dialogue to provide a delightful counterpoint to the extravagances of the story. The result is more often than not complete hilarity...
...there are two contributing factors which explain the unusual amount of attention being paid to Connecticut this fall. For one thing, in the past four years the state has been almost evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans, and the politicians feel that one extra speech may be enough to throw the state either to Eisenhower or Stevenson. Secondly, and perhaps most important, Connecticut this November will be electing two U.S. Senators...
...Russia Mr. George F. Kennan. Republican President Herbert Hoover refused to recognize the Russian Communist government; it was only when we got F.D.R. that the Communists were recognized ... In coddling Communists, our entire Government has been tainted with their infiltration. I would vote for any presidential candidate who would throw these evil men out of the country. I think Eisenhower will do it; I know Stevenson will pussyfoot about...
...ability as a wit, phrasemaker and aphorist gave him a reputation in the first month of the campaign. The Republican Party's slogan, he said, was to "throw the rascals in," and "as to their platform, well, nobody can stand on a bushel of eels." Discussing social security at Flint, Mich., he remarked: "Now as far as Republican leaders are concerned, this desire for a change is understandable. I suppose if I had been sewn up in the same underwear for 20 years I'd want a change...
...Bevanites-disband the party-within-a-party and stop calling names in public. Nye Bevan, his eyes round with affected innocence, faced the challenge with the wounded mien of a child accused of palming the queen in a game of Old Maid. With hands spread wide, he offered to throw his group meetings open to all and let "those who suspect us come and hear for themselves...