Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...result of his efforts last week, President Green was noticeably less militant than at the start of the convention. Invited to walk through A.F. of L.'s "open door" were C.I.O. textile, automobile, garment and oil unions. Cried Bill Green to them: "The key has been thrown away and we are singing that happy refrain, 'Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home...
Over the historic old waterfront of Cadiz, scene of one of Columbus's departures for the New World, Andalusians who had thrown few bouquets at the Italians when they arrived 20 months ago cried "Viva Italia! Viva Mussolini!" as 4,000 of the departing Latins gave a farewell salute to tough, boastful General Gonzalo Queipo de Llano, Commander of the Rightist Southern Army...
...truth was the dancers as a whole lived a very immoral life and were often almost vicious in their vices. Another typical Degas painting is the race track scene "They're Off." Here everything is dark and stormy looking except for a spotlight of bright red and yellow color thrown upon the three jockeys...
...seat, one on each side of him, to watch his driving (TIME, Sept. 26). Last week, having steered U. A. W. into a garage, in privacy behind closed doors they effected the repair most needed to make it run again: put back the four vital parts Mr. Martin had thrown...
Columbus attended a college that was, comparatively speaking, very much more advanced and enlightened than Harvard. And he was thrown out. He was thrown out because he was loud-mouthed, arrogant, cock-sure, unwilling to study and opposed to the methods of scientific investigation...