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Word: throwed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...strengths on offense are her perimeter shooting and her uncanny ability to throw crowd-stunning backdoor passes to teammates breaking towards the basket. Brandt finished the season atop the Ivy League in threepoint shooting percentage, dropping 46.8 percent of her shots from beyond the arc in conference games...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Features Trio of Sixth Women | 3/12/1998 | See Source »

...course brought about 20 female undergraduates out from the depths of Quincy to bone up on our awareness and self-defense. Over the 12 hours we spent together, I listened as we laughed our way through demonstrations that were teaching us how to throw off attempted rapists--because, really, what else can you do with a subject all too real and close? I watched as women whom you couldn't picture harming a kitten giggled nervously, fidgeted in their dress shoes, talked themselves down--and then proceeded to kick ass again and again, loving it all the while. And Abby...

Author: By Abigail R. Branch, | Title: Defending Ourselves | 3/11/1998 | See Source »

...hardly surprising that all of us loved the RAD class. It was suddenly, joyously appropriate--no, expected--for us to throw our weight, stretch our vocal cords around "NO," assert our physical presence against large men in Darth Vader-esque uniforms. We didn't even want them to let us win; one woman made sure to ask that they not let her get away so easily again. I personally wished for another round...

Author: By Abigail R. Branch, | Title: Defending Ourselves | 3/11/1998 | See Source »

There's nothing wrong with scolding your teammates. But you do it in private, behind closed doors. You don't use the media or go public with your problems. Sure, they shouldn't have been throwing up bad shots. But let's look at Shaq's free-throw percentage for the season. It's a robust 49.6 percent. In the loss in question, he went just...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: National Bonehead Association | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

When he entered the league, everyone thought free-throw shooting was his only weakness, but they were wrong because they incorrectly assumed that his first priority was winning...

Author: By Bryan Lee, | Title: National Bonehead Association | 3/5/1998 | See Source »

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