Word: tossed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...exchange appointed a special committee to probe the whole idea; non-members merely wanted the exchange to lay off. But one thing seemed certain: if the Big Board keeps up the good work on "special offerings" and revises its rules to permit corporation membership, many a nonmember firm may toss in the towel, apply for a seat...
...convention but a few days off, Farley seemed in a less pugnacious mood. He called Franklin Roosevelt "the beacon of hope of civilization"; he indicated, in true party fashion, that he would support Jim Mead if Mead got the nomination. Observers wondered whether Jim Farley was getting ready to toss in the towel or was just seeming to relax before throwing a crushing punch...
...Express then-but when the Nazi tanks rumbled into Paris she lit out two jumps ahead, got through to London, and took a job on trial with TIME. Six weeks later Bureau Chief Walter Graebner called her "without doubt the ablest female journalist in London." And Graebner does not toss bouquets around...
...Blozis, world's No. 1 shotputter, undefeated in three years of I.C.4-A competition, hurled the 16-lb. shot 55 ft., 4⅞ in. for a new meet record, then won the discus throw with a toss...
Leading the Crimson contingent will be 1942-43 captain hurdler Don MacKinnon, who will enter both the high and low events. Dick Pflster and Pete Garland will participate in the shot and discus, and both Fishers (Jack and Bill), with Tom White, will toss the hammer...