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Word: tossed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Deep Sea Chanteys and Sod Buster Ballads (Almanac Singers; two General albums). In the former, the vagrant, gusty Almanackers toss off Blow the Man Down, Blow Ye Winds High-O, etc. The other set is a random survey of such Americana as Ground Hog ("Up comes Sal with a snicker and a grin, Ground Hog grease all over her chin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: November Records | 11/10/1941 | See Source »

...tell the story of the beautiful deception on the play, as long Bill paused on the line of scrimmage, and then legged it for all he was worth around in back of the Winthrop secondary, and over the goal line, where on the dead run, he took Hughes' toss for the only touchdown of the afternoon. To cap the climax, Bill Notz drop kicked a perfect conversion for the seventh point. HOUSE LEAGUE STANDINGS Doune Won Lost Tied Percent Lowell 5 0 0 1.000 Adams 4 1 0 .800 Dudley 3 1 1 .750 Kirkland 3 2 0 .600 Leverett...

Author: By Dan H. Fenn jr., | Title: ELIOT UPSET DUNSTER 14-6 | 11/5/1941 | See Source »

...this for a year," he says, "and see how it shakes your kidneys up." Germans in Guatemala completely dominate the coffee industry in two provinces, in another own the railroad which is the only outlet to the sea. But Dictator Ubico would like nothing better, says Gunther, than to "toss every German . . . into a concentration camp." Then he could confiscate all their properties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Colossus of the South | 11/3/1941 | See Source »

...South. Toss-up for the No. 1 team of the South is still between Duke's Blue Devils and the University of Texas' Longhorns. Last week the Blue Devils spiked Colgate, 27-to-14, for their fourth straight victory; and the Longhorns made it four straight against Arkansas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Half Time | 10/27/1941 | See Source »

...Osborne, who never played before, has the edge at right wing while the left flank is a toss-up between Tom Langner and Bob Makinson. Fred Carr and "Rip" Ripley are fighting it out for the center forward slot, with 10 second man Carr receiving the starting assignment Wednesday...

Author: By J. ROBERT Moskin, | Title: LINING THEM UP | 10/24/1941 | See Source »

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