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Word: throwin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...writes most of the music) complains that "nobody has offered us a decent book." In the meantime, Jerry and Mike go on helping the kids to identify. "Who's always writin' on the wall?/ Who's always goofin' in the hall?/ Who's always throwin' spitball?" Why, Charlie Brown, of course. Says Leiber: "If Cole Porter were starting out today, he'd have a tough time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TIN PAN ALLEY: Jailhouse Rock | 4/20/1959 | See Source »

...only playing Sinatra, a well-known Broadway character, but then he plays the part with complete conviction and a transcendent vulgarity. Outstanding example: When a woman turns him down, he gives her a long, level look that would boil ice, and says: "If you knew what you was throwin' away, you'd cut your throat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, Oct. 28, 1957 | 10/28/1957 | See Source »

...preliminary fighter until he has proved himself." That same day the Denver Post took editorial notice of the uproar. To the cow-milkin', wheat-shockin', cotton-pickin' and calf-ropin' contests, noted the Post, one more competition should be added: "Bull-throwin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICAL NOTES: Colorado's High Pitch | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

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