Word: throws
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trust fund put up for him by California admirers. Preparing for his "Checkers" television explanation to the nation, Nixon used Rogers as a sounding board. Said Nixon later: "In that talk, Bill was advising me on how to appear before a jury, the greatest jury. I liked to throw ideas around to get his judgment on what should be said to the jury...
Rather, he likely has become a sort of expert plumber in the card cata- logues or other areas and neither as teacher nor scholar will he throw off this inhibiting heritage. As a teacher, he may well lack that vivid excitement before fact or expression which is the basis of real communication. As a scholar, he may lack the means which a rigorous training in disciplines and techniques ought to have given him. If he knows that he does not possess the necessary tools with which a piece of work ought to be tackled, and that his training in form...
...Macmillan, he is a devoted believer in free trade among all nations. This does not make him an enthusiast for the Common Market. He fears it may become "an island of protectionism in Europe" because of pressure from the weaker economic members, especially France. "Why should I want to throw out controls and to abolish tariffs on a national level only to reintroduce them on an international one and on a much larger scale?" he demands...
...brainless than they are." The only cure for such a situation, according to Parkinson, is the old Trojan Horse ploy: "An individual of merit penetrates the outer defenses . . . babbling about golf and giggling feebly, losing documents and forgetting names . . . Only when he has reached high rank does he suddenly throw off the mask . . . With shrill screams of dismay the high executives find ability right there in the midst of them...
...screamed his friends and relatives. "Vote no!" cried someone who most definitely was not. "Vote yes!" yelled a man who probably was. "Throw him out!" cried an in-law. "I leave it to the citizens!" cried the good man himself, as he stomped from the hall...