Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...what about the final five of a package of twenty, after the package has become crushed in the pocket, and the tail-enders thrown crosswise and generally tangled up? Or how about those that wander out of the package into the pocket...
...case of the Government against Benedict Crowell, of Cleveland, former Assistant Secretary of War (TIME, Oct. 15), was thrown bodily out of court. Mr. Crowell and six associates were indicted over a year ago on the charge of conspiracy to obtain profit for themselves and their friends from cost-plus contracts for building Army cantonments during the War period. The case came up in October and the defendants filed demurrers...
Before the orchestra started playing, Mr. Schelling explained to his eager audience of boys and girls all about "the fiddles, big and little," that is, the stringed instruments, including the harp, which has the most strings of all. Pictures of the pieces that make a violin were thrown on the screen, and they showed how the animal, vegetable and mineral kingdoms contributed to its making, but the beauty of its tone came from a fourth kingdom?"the Kingdom of Heaven...
...Leandro Guglielmotti, of Italy, invented an underwater periscope by which submarine crews can see through water for 80 yards horizontally or 100 yards vertically. Light is thrown through the water to reveal the presence of mines and other objects. The device can be attached to existing submarines...
...Freshmen got the jump on their opponents. Ten seconds after the puck was thrown into play, Zarakov at center scored from mid-rink: He was followed in a few minutes by Coady who picked the rubber from a scrimmage in front of the goal and drove it past Bott into the Exeter net for the Crimson's second and last tally...