Word: throwed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sides cried, "Either you are for me or against me." For those who would like to reduce politics to tidy simplicities, it might be tempting to equate Lebanon's Christians with the West and its Moslems with Nasser and to conclude that the West must throw its weight on the side of Christian dominance. But forcing nations to choose between two stark alternatives-whether the West v. Russia...
...Bernard has been in winning over the hard-shell Protestant businessmen of Cullman. To do this, the priests became civic boosters, joined the Chamber of Commerce leaders in lassoing new industry, notably a recently arrived cigar manufacturer, whose emissaries were entertained at the college (which knows how to throw a good cocktail party in a dry county). Says Cullman's Mayor Bill Arnold: "St. Bernard is the greatest institution we've got. For the first time we're beginning to feel a cultural upswing. Certainly St. Bernard is the nucleus...
...Hands. The Mazeroski magic with glove and ball has the whole league beguiled. Even "No Hands" Mazeroski himself can produce no practical explanation of his liquid legerdemain at second. "I don't really consciously even throw to first base," said he. "I just throw. I guess after you've done it a few times you just naturally know where first base...
DuMoulin placed fourth in the hammer with a toss of 173 feet, 9 inches, made in the qualifying round. Pescosolido bested his qualifying throw of 188 feet, 10 inches, but his 190 foot throw Saturday did not change his fifth place Friday standing...
Neither of the other two hammer entrants, Jim Doty or Dunc Johnson, was able to advance into Saturday's finals. Doty just missed qualifying, however, as his best throw, 164 feet, placed him seventh among the competitors. Six of the qualifiers advanced to the finals. Johnson's best toss was 150 feet...