Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...duty. Then Milton stood up. "I was supposed to summarize this discussion," said he. "But since the opinion is unanimous, there is nothing to summarize. Therefore I am going to state both sides of the argument." He did just that-and later, in private talks with Dwight, he could throw his influence on the affirmative side, secure in the knowledge that Ike had been made aware of the negative...
...made him senior careerman of all the 12,585 State Department and Foreign Service professionals spread round the world in 77 embassies, three legations, 199 consulates and other outposts. Murphy knows the diplomatic rule book as well as anyone alive-and his professionalism tells him the proper time to throw it away. He can be a charming, top-hatted and white-gloved diplomat-or a deadly antagonist. Says an admiring British Commonwealth diplomat: "He is a joy to behold in action. I have never seen any man who could sit at a conference table and smile...
Carlton Willey, a 21-game winner for Wichita last year, overcame a lack of confidence in his curve through the efforts of Geraghty and Wichita Pitching Coach Ted Wilks. Righthander Willey was made to throw curves in tight situations. His catcher would insist on the curve, even after Willey shook off the signal. Result: 27-year-old Willey developed the sharp-breaking stuff he needed to become a starter. He went up to the Braves in June, has pitched three shutouts, won eight, lost three. Last week he whipped Philadelphia twice. 14-3 and io. Willey...
...Defiant Ones (Stanley Kramer; United Artists). Throw together a couple of unknown film writers, an original screenplay never tested in bookstalls, on television or on the stage, a budget of less than $1,000,000 to cover the cost of old-fashioned black-and-white photography and monophonic sound, and what bubbles up? For Producer-Director Stanley Kramer, at 44 one of the most skillful chefs in the business, the result of putting such ingredients together is savory cinema, free of froth and sharply seasoned...
...Unseen Face. The probe will be fired roughly eastward to get the added throw of earth's eastward spin, and its course will be an elongated S in the plane set by the moon's 27-day easterly revolution around the earth. The reverse in the curve will come when the probe nears a rendezvous in the moon's path and feels the moon's pull...