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Word: tossed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...believe for a single moment that one will be spared those moldy chestnuts that New York play-scripters toss at Philadelphia is to guess wrong. Sample torpid humor: "At the stage when most men prosper, I live in Philadelphia on three dollars a day." The musical score might have led Van Gogh to dispose of his remaining ear, and a brigade of crippled pigeons could have performed better dance numbers. There is a degradation of intellect, taste and dignity about the entire musical. The men involved were the architects of a great republic, men of passion, probity and reason. Touched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: New Plays: Birth of a Jape | 3/28/1969 | See Source »

...ankle he twisted on the set was going to get better. Righter plainly loves this kind of doctor-patient relationship; he has never married, and much of his affective life is lived through his clients. "If I don't get called late at night," he says, "I sometimes toss and turn and wonder what's happened to everybody. I begin to feel not needed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Astrology: Fad and Phenomenon | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

Sophomore weight man Ed Nosal is given the best chance for a Crimson victory but middle distance runner Keith Colburn is also a leading contender in his event, the 1000--yard run. Nosal's 62'2" toss in the 35-pound weight throw is a Harvard record, and is one of the longest throws in the country this season. Colburn set a Harvard record in the 1000-yard run earlier this season, and is also the University record-holder in the 880-yard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trackmen Battle In NCAA Finals | 3/14/1969 | See Source »

Sophomore Ed Nosal has recorded the East's top throw in the 35-pound weight, a toss of 62'2". Nosal combines with teammate Charlie Ajootian to form the most potent one-two punch in the IC4As; their chief threat will come from Ed Potts and Doug Backes of Navy...

Author: By Richard T. Howe, | Title: Benka, Nosal Best Hope in ICAAAA; Runners to Test Villanova, Maryland | 3/8/1969 | See Source »

Poor baseball. At a time when the sport badly needs to spruce up its image, the major-league teams seem incapable of even drumming up a lively game of toss. Last week, for the first time in the 93-year history of the major leagues, spring training opened to a mass boycott by the players...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Baseball: Strike One | 2/28/1969 | See Source »

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