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Word: throws (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hammer throw, Doten uncorked a tremendous 174 ft., 6 in. heave to beat teammate Jim Doty. Pat Liles and Bob Downs cut into Penn's broad jump strength by taking second and third...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Squad Beats Penn, Cornell By Large Margins in Triangulars | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

Whatever the quality of Mithradates' armies, he himself was such a tough old warrior that, at the age of 68, he still could throw a javelin as well as any of his soldiers and produce from his numerous harem an annual crop of royal children. Defeat only seemed to stimulate his ambition, and in 64 B.C. he was planning to realize a stupendous fantasy-an invasion of Italy from the north, while the main Roman army hunted him in the east...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rome's Bogeyman | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

...Pleasure of His Company. Overage Playboy Cyril Ritchard returns to the family hearth just in time to throw his daughter's wooden fiancé on the fire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Time Listings, may 4, 1959 | 5/4/1959 | See Source »

Showing the best record on the mound staff (2-0) is Roy Williams, who will throw against Brown at Aldrich Field in Providence tomorrow. Williams has pitched well in both his wins, especially in his near shutout at Boston University, Tuesday, and helps his own cause by his strength at the plate...

Author: By Robert E. Smith, | Title: Hard-Hitting Freshman Nine Faces UNH, Brown in Week-end Contests | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

...field events, however, may decide the meet. The Crimson's Jim Doty should take the hammer throw over Bill O'Connor of Cornell, and teammate Stan Doten could give the varsity a one-two sweep. In the shot, Penn's Carl Shine, the Heptagonal winner, and Dave Sikarskie, who threw 51 ft., 7 in. last week in the Penn Relays, make a formidable and virtually unbeatable twosome...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Track Varsity to Face Penn, Cornell In Rugged Triangular Meet Tomorrow | 5/1/1959 | See Source »

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