Word: tossing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communists? Without answering this question, Belgrade officials appeared certain of one thing: whatever happened at Yalta, Tito went expecting to come out of it looking better, tougher and more powerful than ever-otherwise he would not have gone. They also seemed sure that Tito was not going to toss away blithely the position he had won for himself as a neutral, a broker and/or profiteer between East and West. Awaiting President Eisenhower's approval this month is an offer of U.S. aid which will give Yugoslavia much-needed surplus U.S. wheat and military supplies, including scores of jet planes...
...Yardlings will open their season at 3:30 against the M.I.T. and B.U. freshmen. This meet rates a toss-up between the Yardlings and B.U., with M.I.T. a close third. Running for the freshmen will be Ed Martin, Wes Hildreth, Dave Call, Dane Oliver, Gary Brooten, Henry Marcy, Dave Donaldson, and Dave Fill-man. The remaining four starters will be chosen from Steve Clapp, Bob Cabot, Jim Lorenz, Dick Millett, and Larry Hager...
Problem: how to drop an atom bomb from treetop level-and live to file a report. The solution of this esoteric flying problem is a scientific version of the "toss-bombing" that was used in the Korean war, when pilots of fighter-bombers released their bombs with an upward flip of the plane so that the bomb was tossed into caves sheltering enemy troops. Both Air Force and Navy have been working to upgrade toss bombing into a way of dishing out atom bombs safely. Last week a little information about the new technique was made public...
...rummaging for a pair of red shoes at a dollar-day counter, Sherida Weber spotted a single shoe, saw its mate in the hand of another customer, refused to part with hers, camped near her opponent for five hours until, just before closing time, she agreed to a coin toss, lost, impulsively bought ten pairs of assorted styles...
...Riesel attack, according to FBI agents, had been planned last Easter when Dio called a meeting in a lower Manhattan candy store, announced that he needed someone to toss some acid. Storekeeper Gondolfo Miranti relayed the request to Bakeryman Domenico Bando, who sought out Joseph Carlino. Carlino dredged up Hungry Hoodlum Abraham Telvi to carry out the attack. Telvi was given a bottle of sulphuric acid, stationed on a Manhattan side street and told to await a Mr. Marshall, whose wife wanted him burned because he was unfaithful. Go Between Miranti shadowed Riesel to Lindy's Restaurant, spotted...