Word: throws
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...members of the Cuvier Press Club sent her an orchid corsage with a note saying, "We salute you!" Finally, the day before her case came up in court. Teacher Graner got the biggest boost of all. Her entire class. Roscoe included, chipped in nickels and dimes to throw a "good luck" party to wish her well. Snorted Judge Frank Gusweiler, who dismissed the case last week: "It's unfortunate that a member of the teaching profession is subjected to this prosecution. This young lady should have some satisfaction in knowing her position in this matter has been approved...
...addition, Sunrise at Campobello offers the classic motif of external pressures, with F.D.R.'s imperious mother wanting her crippled son, by returning to Hyde Park, to put himself on the shelf, and with Louis McHenry Howe insisting that, as a man born for politics, he must still throw his own hat in the ring...
What the ileitis did do was to throw even greater doubt on Dwight Eisenhower's availability for renomination, and for months the Washington press asked about little else. Hagerty knew when Ike was ready to run again, but he still had to fend off questions. Finally, at Gettysburg, Hagerty talked to Ike in a cattle pen near the gabled farmhouse. "How are things in the outside world?" asked the President. "They're driving me crazy about re-election," said Hagerty. "Let's break the logjam." replied President Eisenhower. "Jim, why don't you go back...
...municipal offices where Democrats have never had a chance. The Democrats already have one of Kansas' six congressional seats, have high hopes of gaining one or two more this November. The Republican factions are still too busy snapping at each other to find a good candidate to throw against Docking in the November election...
Cousy, driving for the goal, was fouled by Dick McGuire of Detroit as he attempted a twisting hook. He made both free throws, then popped in two more goals and a free throw for a 114-108 lead. The West was through...