Word: tosser
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ladas stopped off at the Church of Saint George to light a traditional candle. As he stepped back into his waiting car, a young man in a Greek air force uniform walked up, tossed in a hand grenade. The explosion mortally wounded Ladas and his policeman bodyguard, injured the tosser, Communist Ephstratios Moutsoyannis. As the police dragged him off, he muttered: "Party orders ... party orders...
...passing drill, Leo Flynn was unveiled as a better-than-average tosser. All the hullabaloo about Flynn's running ability has overshadowed his passing talent, which is not inconsiderable. Next to Comerford (and that name has two r's) he is probably the most accurate passer on the squad...
...sharpest weapon has been its passing attack, headed by ace tosser Floyd Fay, with Johnny Gatsos and Vinny McClelland on the receiving...
...tosser was liberal Seymour Edwin Harris, Harvard associate professor of economics and longtime pal of Britain's John Maynard Keynes. In a new book called The Economics of American Defense (Norton; $3.50), Professor Harris this week forecast a post-war debt of $75 to $100 billion, a steady increase thereafter "to keep spending at a high level during the post-war (depression) period." By 1980, figured Harris, the debt will be $250 to $300 billion...
...Autremont not quite able to equal Ford's 13 feet as yet. Bill Couch and Steve Brooks are the other vaulters. The hammer throw has Bob Chase and Tom White both guaranteeing performances better than 140 feet with Chases a shade more than that. Harold Smith is the third tosser in that event. At this point the javelin is probably Mikkola's weakest event, with an undeveloped group led by Tem Lacey, John Ordway, and Bob Chase...