Word: tossed
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...movies, so it was in other areas of pop culture such as music, TV and sports. A few blacks were revered in a few fields; many others were relegated to the back of the bus, with little to do but toss epithets and stink bombs at the whites up front. The color-blind society that King dreamed of is still only a dream. Blacks can't shed their skin, and whites can't shed their guilt and fear: guilt over the literal and social enslavement of black Americans, and fear at the violent revenge taken by the black...
Nick Sweeney, the burly Irishman with the scars on his knee and memories of a back brace etched in his brain, uncoiled at the Heptagonal Championships on May 4 in Princeton, N.J. for a stunning 189'8" toss...
Kennedy does drink a lot when he is drinking. He has a considerable capacity for booze. But he also possesses amazing stamina and resiliency for a man his age. During an afternoon and evening, he may toss down many drinks (Scotch, wine, frozen daiquiris) -- sometimes, when he is on one of his sailboats. He may drink far into the evening. But with only a few hours' sleep, he is on time for his morning tennis game at the Cape (usually 9 a.m.) or for his business on the Hill in Washington...
...spring weather tells you to bask in the sun or toss a frisbee or kick a soccerball around the Yard, but Harvard says no. Come April, the dead turf at the edge of the paved walkways is torn up. The dirt is loosened, seeds are planted. Sticky green hydroturf (a combination fertilizer/pigeon defense) is sprayed on top of the whole project. And the good folls at Facilities Maintenance rope off the grass...
...season for heroes and dignitaries to throw out the ceremonial first ball at opening games. Practice doesn't always make perfect: former Yale first baseman George Bush muffed his toss last week. A comparative look at the first-pitch performances...