Word: throwings
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...Texas oilmen flaunted their new wealth: "[O]ne oilman wore a hundred-dollar bill as a bow tie; when asked, he would take it off and throw it in the air, then tie another. Another took to riding a pet lion to meet the mailman; yet another tried in vain to keep penguins in a walk-in freezer. One wrote Pablo Picasso asking to buy ten paintings; he didn't specify color or type, just the size of his wall. A Houston oilman's wife wrote to the Smithsonian to ask whether the Hope Diamond was for sale. Then there...
...Riordan—a former teacher and administrator in Cambridge Public Schools who now works for a network of charter schools in California—expressed the same concern, saying that the current proposal would mandate a trend towards segregated schools. “Such a requirement would throw the weight of the state behind the current drift toward apartheid schooling,” said Riordan, who pointed out that the current charter schools in Cambridge already serve much higher populations of at risk students than their district counterparts. At Benjamin Banneker, a charter school in Cambridge, about 75 percent...
...really crucial plays that helped us break away in the end,” Tay said. “Markley sparked some momentum in the last minutes of the second half which we were able to finish with.” Tay hit two from the free-throw line to further the lead to 64-53. Penn responded by draining a pair of three pointers to pull within six, but perfection from the charity stripe carried Harvard to the win. In the final minute, the Crimson shot 6-for-6 from the free-throw line. In the first half...
...bounds—Martin did so using more attempts, placing her at the three spot.Senior Dara Wilson was the Crimson’s sole competitor in the triple jump, finishing 10th with a jump of 9.91 meters, and freshman Lauren Barber provided the lone Harvard showing in the weight throw competition, launching the weight 12.55 meters to place eighth.On the men’s side, freshman Nico Weiler, who wasted no time proving himself by winning the pole vault event in December’s Husky Invitational, cleared the 4.80-meter bar on Saturday to capture first place...
...made just 2-of-5 free throw attempts in the final four-and-a-half minutes of the game, the only blemish on a fine night...