Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...detective lurked a party comrade. Usually, when he was arrested, he was treated as Mr. Siqueiros, a prominent artist who just happened to have some silly political quirks. But after leading a forbidden May Day parade he was beaten by cops until his body was covered with welts, thrown into solitary, and fed on what slops he could catch in his hands when the guard upturned the bucket. He spent a year in jail that time, and another on parole...
...army. She was also anticlerical so I brought her around to meet Orozco. Foolishly, I left them alone for a couple of minutes. When I came back she had Orozco by the hair and he was kicking her in the shins. Seems the woman believed all whites should be thrown out and the country returned to the Indians. Orozco was very much opposed to this theory...
...broke out, and Siqueiros got back into uniform with something like relief. Fighting still came naturally; he commanded a motorized brigade in the battles of Caballon, Guadalupe and La Granja, and rose to be a division commander just before the end. Back home, he was welcomed at first, then thrown in jail for eight months on suspicion of taking part in the first-and unsuccessful-attempt on Trotsky's life...
...quick look through Signature tells what has happened since its predecessor, literary, neurotic Radditudes, came out last Spring. Not only has the unappetizing name been thrown out, but the aimless wandering from plan to plan and idea to idea has also gone. The editors now seem to know where they are going. The addition of a photo montage, Harvard editors, and a monthly forum on topics of interest to students all show that Signature's is attempting to fill a need--a college magazine for both Harvard and Radcliffe...
...mother. His Majesty's Government and Loyal Opposition joined forces to wish her luck and congratulate her on her "unerring graciousness." Communist William Gallacher refused to join the motion. "I cannot forget," he said, "that on the day this engagement was announced, thousands of Greek citizens were thrown into the prison camps of the reactionary Royalist Greek Government," but he was soon shouted down with cries of "sit down...