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Word: tossed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mechanical bulls that tempt and toss the urban cowboy sell for $7,500 each, about $5,000 more than they cost Gilley's Bronco Shop Inc. in Houston to manufacture. The bionic beast is mounted on a pedestal and powered by a 5-h.p. electric motor that is operated by remote control. El Toro has graded levels of difficulty, working up from a bovine shimmy designated One to a shake-and-break Ten. The headless, vinyl-and-steel contraption was developed as a teaching aid for rodeo cowboys by New Mexico Inventor Joe Turner, who sold his patent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Don't Shoot the Bull, Ride It | 2/2/1981 | See Source »

...while Rogers and his Gamecocks went on to suffer a sound trouncing at the claws of the Pitt Panthers in the Gator Bowl, Buckley rebounded to toss a 65-yd. first-half touchdown pass and lead the Blue squad to a 24-23 victory in the Blue-Gray Classic...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The Blue-Gray Classic With a Crimson Tint | 1/23/1981 | See Source »

...begin with a teaching section, providing more Biblical text. We try to establish a scriptural basis before we toss opinions around," she says, adding three to 12 participate in each session...

Author: By Stephanie D. James, | Title: The Seymour Society: | 1/8/1981 | See Source »

First houses, then gardens, then animals, then man. The rich cannot create man, but they can toss a party for him. No passage in The Great Gatsby is more strangely moving than the list of party guests; the silly, nursery-rhyme names-Clarence Endive, Edgar Beaver, the Catlips-roll out like streamers. Yet Gatsby's parties were restrained compared with, say, the $200,000 "picnic" that T.C. and Phyllis Morrow of Houston threw last December for 1,000 friends, including Farrah Fawcett and John Travolta (who did not show), which featured a "country disco band." The emphasis of such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Sad Truth About Big Spenders | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

...better products of Billy Cleary's experimentation, a match made in training camp, a toss-'em-together-and-see-how-they-play connection comprised of a scrappy all-around sophomore, a speedy junior goal-getter and a gutsy senior playmaker. It's Harvard's most productive line, the Greg Olson-Mike Watson-Tom Murray line, and after three games it has combined to rack up 16 points, including three goals (one each) and four assists during last night's 5-2 victory over Boston University...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: A Fine Alignment | 12/3/1980 | See Source »

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