Word: thrown
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...first attack came several hours before the Saturday formal dance, when the pair apparently crept into the balcony overlooking the dance floor and spread the chemicals on the floor and railings. The second bomb was thrown into the main entrance of the Union...
...MOTHER. It was one of the proudest moments that Christy Brown, now 22, reports in his autobiography, My Left Foot (Simon & Schuster; $3). From that moment, though unschooled, Christy went on to painting and writing stories, always with his left foot. Relying on that same limb, he had himself thrown into a canal by his brothers, and swam the first time...
...yards long. Modern players are not too proud to protect themselves with helmets, shoulder pads, arm pads and long, ribbed gloves. Almost anything goes in the effort to move downfield and toss an India rubber ball into a netted goal, 6 ft. square. The ball can be carried, thrown or batted with the crosse (lacrosse stick); there is no rule against kicking it either. The rugged character who breaks for the goal while cradling the ball in his stick runs a gauntlet of swinging sticks. Sooner or later he is sure to hear the loud battle cry: "Deck...
...come to terms with the Government to head off a court trial. They argued that the 15% commission and the recognition system were not only well-established practices but the fairest method of doing business. If agencies were allowed to vary their commission rates, the business would be thrown into "chaos." Agencies compete on the quality of the service they offer, rather than by price-cutting. Furthermore, publishers argued, the recognition system is primarily a credit rating. Last week the A.N.P.A.'s members unanimously resolved to stand behind their officers in the battle with the Justice Department...
Limited Liability. In North Sacramento, Calif., Judge J. Louis Missall acquitted Adolph John Machold of a charge of throwing a banana peel out of a car, commented: "Of all the things which are thrown out on the highway, a banana peel is probably among the least offensive...