Word: throws
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...When the ball passes out of bounds the player first touching it shall advance to the point where the ball went out and throw it in at right angles to the line...
...qualified to fill such leading offices as those of Orator and Poet, that they might not go about as well to either society or to the non-society element. In every way the Class of '76 is eminently fitted to inaugurate the system of open elections, and so to throw off that partiality of choice that hitherto has, in some measure, detracted from the honor of holding class offices. But the satisfactoriness of such an election must depend, as in all such cases where restrictions are done away with, on the gentlemanly and honorable spirit which the influential men shall...
When the comedian gets a "throw...
...throw aside that old refrain...
...item let me here mention that the figure parts of a first-class window cost from $15 to $20 per square foot, and the decorative parts from $8 to $12; and it is much better to spend more and obtain one which has some merit in it, than to throw away a sum of money on a poor one. Doubtless $1,200 or $1,500 would be quite a heavy tax upon the collegiate pocket, but for such an object no student would refuse to give $5, and two thirds of the class, by giving $10 or $15 apiece, would...