Word: throws
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...that. Now this little bump here looks like a branch. Turn it around and we have a head, or a flower. But I don't want a head, a branch or a flower, so I mold it a bit"-giving the kernel a cruel squeeze-"or I may throw it away." And with an expression of critical disdain he threw it on the tablecloth...
Coffee, 15?. The prices were an indication of the times. Some 47,000 grandstand seats along the parade route were sold out-at $2 to $10 a throw. Street concessionaires posted their price lists: coffee, 15?; hot dogs, 20?. Washington hotels had been booked solid for months-some at triple the normal rate-and clamorous visitors were begging for sleeping space as far away as Philadelphia and Pittsburgh...
...increasing the angle of attack (i.e., the angle at which it meets the air stream). If the angle becomes too great, the air stream does not flow smoothly over the wing; it breaks into turbulent eddies. The wing loses most of its lift, and the stall that results can throw the airplane, into a disastrous spin. The danger of stalling can be lessened by slots behind the leading edge of the wing. The slots feed thin layers of air to the wing's upper side and suppress the dangerous turbulence...
This use of the additional newsprint stirred up a bitter argument in Fleet Street pubs like the Codgers and the Two Brewers. Exploded one news editor: "After all our outcry for more paper, what do we do with it? Throw it away on women's tripe, godawful strips and shoddy fiction!" Replied a feature editor: "Go bury your head! Variety, entertainment, interest . . . Let's shovel it in by the bucket...
Ulen personally expects no trouble, and will throw in almost the identical lineup that he used Wednesday in boating Brown...