Word: throws
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...those votes might have gone to Nixon this year because of the "law-and-order" issue, and now may be denied him. In any case, despite signs of rising Wallace strength in Missouri, Indiana, Nebraska, Kentucky, Montana and Wyoming, there is only a slim chance that he will throw a deadlocked election to the House of Representatives. Still, with seven weeks to go, there is enough time for events in Paris, Viet Nam or the ghettos?or a serious campaign gaffe?to scramble all the equations...
...three-man team starting from California Institute of Technology climbed into their red-and-white Volkswagen bus, which sported a sign reading "Socket-to-me." Across the continent, in Cambridge, Mass., a two-man competing team slipped into their modified white Corvair. Said the starter: "Get ready to throw your switches." Then, with a hum rather than the usual roar, the Great Electric-Car Race...
...city departments such as Los Angeles and Boston generally use a variety of tests combined with psychiatric interviews. A number of departments throw in a polygraph (lie detector) test...
...time he was eight, he was the star pitcher for a Little League team in Markham, blazing them past kids three and four years older. He still brags about his record. "Nobody could hit me. I was too fast." No one could catch him either. "I'd throw the ball to my brother Tim, and he used to fall down," says Denny! "He was only four feet five inches tall...
...pitch for Detroit in September 1963. In Tiger Stadium on Sept. 21, he made his major-league debut?against the Chicago White Sox. A few days before the game, Detroit Manager Chuck Oressen took Denny aside, and in a few short minutes of instruction taught him how to throw a curve. Thus armed, McLain mowed down the hated White Sox 4-3, striking out eight batters and aiding his own cause with a home...