Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...when he was 16. He prepared for the match (against Wilmer Allison) by drinking till dawn, then amazed himself by taking a 4-1 lead in the second set. At this point his hangover caught up with him. Says Cushing: "I had a total blackout. When I tried to throw the ball up for service, I almost went flat on my face. At least that's my story. My friends say Allison looked at his watch, noticed that it was nearly lunchtime, and quickly ran off five straight games...
Over in the House, Speaker Sam Rayburn pushed his crew to be ready to complete action on Lyndon Johnson's time schedule. There had been some worry that House Veterans' Committee Chairman Olin E. ("Tiger") Teague would throw a roadblock in the way, as he has in the past, by refusing to permit an increase in the G.I. mortgage rate, from 4¼% to 5¼%, which was incorporated in both Senate and House bills. But Rayburn took Teague aside, and he permitted the higher interest rate to go through...
Crimson shot putters Henry Abbot, Steve Cohen, and Jim Doty produced a sweep in their event, but Wes Matson of Dartmouth took first over the varsity's Doty and Dune Johnson in the weight throw. Kelvin Kean won the high jump easily, clearing 6 ft., 2 in. but narrowly missing three tries for a new University record...
...crowd of 15,000 roared its approval. "And he is an assassin," added Sori Marin, chief of the three-man panel charged with deciding guilt or innocence. "You know what the sentiments of Fidel Castro are about this trial," he said, and thoughtfully told the spectators: "Do not throw pop bottles...
...having to live up in every script to his first big success. Says he: "One of the basic problems in this industry is that it never trains people for success. Suddenly everything's all whipped cream and marshmallows and mink coats and swimming pools. You can't throw this down a gut and expect ready digestion. But to Ernie Pandish identity became equated with money, and I don't think I'm that way. He's traded off certain values; Rod Serling hasn't. It's a moot point what will happen...