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Word: tossing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...goal. But early in the second period Sears put his team back into the lead with an impromptu play that brought the crowd roaring to its feet. Running interference for teammate Al Carmichael, Sears saw his teammate stopped after a ten-yard gain, yelled for a lateral, gathered the toss in and outraced the off-balance Bruins on a 60-yd. touchdown jaunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Game of the Year | 12/1/1952 | See Source »

Even when, as on a Monday morning, the maid is greeted by broken glasses, soggy cigarette butts, and popcorn crushed underfoot, students assume no swinish proportions in their eyes. They can toss their clothes into a corner and leave them there to rot, but they are still "my boys" to the maids...

Author: By Milton S. Gwirtzman, | Title: Maids Tidy Way Through 270 Years of University History | 11/26/1952 | See Source »

...jayvees had to overcome a one-touchdown deficit before they could gain victory. Yale opened the scoring late in the first period on a 55-yard drive that took four plays. Eli quarterback Mike Armstrong, who shared the passing with left-handed Vince Barker, completed a toss to end Don Scott that covered 25 yards and move the ball to the Crimson 30. Fullback Al Laisy plunged through center for another ten yards, and one play later Armstrong swept wide around right end for 20 yards and the score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Jayvees Overhaul Bulldog Lead to Win, 13-7 | 11/22/1952 | See Source »

...little band plays in quiet tones. Picking out a popular tune like All the Things You Are, Pianist Brubeck and Saxophonist Paul Desmond toss the theme back & forth for a while. Then, before long, the tune disappears and in its place, stream-of-consciousness style, come whimsical variations hinting at everything from Stravinsky to Gershwin to Bach. When he comes to his solo part, Brubeck picks a random theme and toys with it, reflectively trying it first on the white keys, then on the black, allowing traces of Mozart or John Philip Sousa to creep in. Then his eyes close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Subconscious Pianist | 11/10/1952 | See Source »

Stanley E. Tobin '53, president of the Young Democrats, admitted Stevenson's defeat at about 11:30 p.m. roughly two hours before the Governor himself conceded. "Although we are keenly disappointed," Tobin said, "we are not going to toss in the towel in the fight for Democratic principles. It's going to be very difficult if the Republicans gain control of the Congress as well as the Presidency, but we won't give...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOPers Hold Ballroom Fete While YD's Sample Defeat | 11/5/1952 | See Source »

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