Word: thrown
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That "struggling boys' camp" run by Mrs. Lowney Handy [Nov. 12] should be burned to the ground and all the books by both Gerald Tesch and James Jones thrown in for good measure...
...required British forces to remain at their bases, Colonel Sadek proclaimed that it was the "servant of imperialism." In the first few days after the assault, his "Front" managed to blow up one section of the pipeline carrying oil from Tripoli's port to Wheelus Field, had bombs thrown at Barclays Bank and a small Jewish store. The Prime Minister himself protested to the Egyptian embassy. The colonel responded by smuggling 28 cases of automatic arms into the embassy, and (said a Libyan government communique later) "incited some persons to throw bombs inside Tripoli...
Despite these inadequacies, the Yardlings like the "family" atmosphere of the dorm, one resident, George Hegeman, reported. Hegeman also praised "the feeling of belonging" which 8 Prescott provides, while Michael Gilman admired the fact that "they's thrown a great bunch of guys together...
...Reversible still carries on, selling 150,000 paper collars and shirt fronts or "dickies" per month. The detachable collar is attached to a neckband shirt, worn once, turned over, worn again, and then thrown away...
TRADING-STAMP TAX, passed by North Dakota Legislature to discourage stamp giveaways, was thrown out by state's stamp-hungry voters in first popular referendum on issue. Two-thirds of electorate voted against annual tax of $6,000 on each merchant issuing stamps...