Word: throwings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Harrington was then called for elbowing as he drove toward the basket, but with seven seconds showing on the clock, Ron Ivkovitch blew the free throw and Mike Donohue grabbed the rebound. Repetto called time out and the final buzzer sounded. However, referee Johnny Nucatola ruled that time had been called before the buzzer and awarded the ball to the Crimson at midcourt, setting the stage for Bowditch's winning goal...
...race for prestige and achievement in space, these complicated virtues have their drawbacks, however temporary. Said German Scientist Hermann Oberth, who had worked on the U.S. missile program: "The Russian rockets remind me of simple alarm clocks-you can throw them on the wall and they'll keep on ticking. American missiles are like expensive ladies' wrist watches that look nice but tend to stop frequently." An old missile hand at Cape Canaveral turned to a football figure. The Russians, said he, are now leading in moon shots by 7 to 6-they have converted after the touchdown...
...from the boss, boldly announced that he was ready to organize the 24,000 members of the New York police department.* Said Teamster Henry Feinstein, 53, who holds down an $8,500-a-year city job as supervisor of transportation in Manhattan: Within a fortnight he would throw pickets around police headquarters, police depots and supply stations. Hoped-for result: fellow Teamsters would refuse to deliver police supplies, and-as Feinstein put it-Police Commissioner Stephen Kennedy (TIME, July 7) would "get a taste of Teamster economic force and pressure. The commissioner," said Feinstein, with considerable relish, "will freeze...
...varsity will continue its Ivy campaign this weekend with home games against Cornell on Friday and Columbia on Saturday. With a little more finesse and added accuracy from the free throw line (the varsity was good for only 50 per cent tonight), the squad could well come out on top in these contests...
...great pleasure to tell you that your application to Quincy House has been enthusiatically accepted. The success of this enterprise next year--and no doubt the next ten years--will depend upon the creative impact of this group of gifted upperclassmen who have ventured in the dark to throw light on a possibility. I welcome you as a member of a distinguished company .... Sincerely yours, John M. Bullitt Master Quincy House...