Word: throws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...coal miners and their heroic strike (TIME, May 10 et seq.), the policy of despairing resistance which they have adopted may be heroic but it is not war. . . . The coal miners are sightless Samsons groping to throw down the pillars of a temple the crashing of which may engulf this thing we call British civilization...
...Harvard cheering stands shivered with Bostonian excitement; fine old gentlemen pushed aside their steamer rugs and rose to their feet, drawling the name of their Alma Mater. Then, amazingly, Holy Cross began to throw the ball around in sly slants, in criss-cross webs, to come from under a 14-0 handicap and win the game...
DOROTHY Dix-HER BOOK-Funk & Wagnalls ($2). "The most popular woman journalist in the world" has selected the most glowing bits of her daily stint to throw a beam into a naughty world;- has subtitled it: "Every-day Help for Everyday People." Each monograph is loaded with domestic BB shot, aimed at the human race, fired regardless of target. The chapter headings, "How a Husband Likes to be Treated," "Charm," "Have a Goal," "The Goat Family," "Learn a Trade, Girls," "Trial Divorce," "An Indoor Sport," "Should Women Tell," "Queer Things about Marriage," "Forget It," "The Secret of Happiness" are like...
...fourth quarter, Wheeler, who played brilliantly throughout, found himself balked in his attempt to throw a pass by the Harvard defense swarming through upon him. Abruptly changing his tactics, he dodged three Crimson tacklers, and ran to the Harvard three yard streak. Off-side penalties robbed the schoolboys of their chance to score from this position...
...been made in the arrangements for the dance which are distinct improvements over last year. The Room for sitting out dances has been provided with comfortable chairs where couples may sit and listen to the music without the disadvantage of a crowd around them. Plans are also made to throw open the porch for dancing, provided the day is warm enough...