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Word: tossing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Crystal-ball gazers predict that B.U. will dominate the weights and the Crimson the middle distance races. The final outcome will probably depend on certain "toss-up" events, like the broad jump, hurdles, dash, and pole vault...

Author: By John P. Demos, | Title: Trackmen to Meet B.U. In Home Opener Today | 1/15/1958 | See Source »

...HERS golf bags (Shirl: "I promise to lose"), "famous carpets from the looms of Mohawk," a poodle from a "famed" Peekskill kennel, then Keenan Wynn in a scene from Wagon Train. "Do I turn my back on the camera?" asked Actress Shirl incredulously as she mounted the "staircase" to toss her bouquet. It was caught by a boy. Bride and Groom is going off the air this week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Review | 1/13/1958 | See Source »

...influential friends call, finally got their friends' friends to call. Reason for the furor: tucked away in Ragsdale's pocket was Buick's fat $24 million-a-year account, the industry's third largest automotive account (after Ford and Chevrolet) and he was preparing to toss it in the lap of some lucky agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ADVERTISING: Better Woo Buick | 1/6/1958 | See Source »

Passing for touchdowns is a habit for Winterbauer; he did it twenty times in his Yale career, which ended this afternoon. In fact, on one drive he had to do it twice, as the first toss, to Dick Winkler, was nullified by an offside. Undis- turbed, he waited a play, then fired to Mike Cavallon to make it official...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Elis Annihilate Crimson by Record 54-0 | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

...proposition, pushed hard during a trip to Washington last week: the IRBMs would be under the control of the Supreme Allied Commander for Europe (currently, the U.S.'s Norstad). Since only SACEUR could order the weapons into war, no individual nation, bent on some strictly nationalistic adventure, could toss them off into the wild blue yonder. NATO's IRBM launchers would be manned by European troops-but they would be under NATO's exclusive command...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATION: Missiles for NATO | 11/25/1957 | See Source »

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