Word: tossing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Lapping up the adulation of her new post as high priestess, Irma is none too happy when Sam takes sick and the mission board orders the couple home for a test. To invoke her return, the natives toss hundreds of piglets into the volcano and finally even their own infants. Sure enough, back in Vermont Sam dies, and Irma heads for the island again...
Then, just when other pitchers were tempted to abandon Hannie's heady stuff, Hannie got his control back. With a curve he learned from Giant Pitcher Sal Maglie, he began whiffing one batter after another. Hannie pitched one no-hitter, two shutouts. The other pitchers kept trying to toss American style, and some improved. But last week, at season's end, none was even close to Hannie's new-found effectiveness. With an average of twelve strikeouts a game, and two international victories (over England and Belgium) to his credit. Pitcher Urbanus hurled his undefeated O.V.V.O. team...
...Californian Parry O'Brien, who led the U.S.'s Darrow Hooper and Jim Fuchs to a 1-2-3 sweep in the shotput. O'Brien's winning toss...
When Nero, in a fit of rage, orders the Praetorian Guard to toss Helena from a tower, Basil heads home to faithful little Deborra, who is waiting for him back in Antioch. In no time, they are walking the dog together and billing & cooing over a hoped-for manchild. As for the chalice, it is soon stolen, never to be seen again, but a "miracle" enables Basil to finish the casing: he sees, and carves on it, a vision of Jesus. Author Costain's own vision of all this comes pretty close to reducing early Christianity to soap opera...
...Shot-Putter Parry O'Brien's toss of 57 ft. 4¾ in., a new A.A.U. record and an upset of World Champion Jim Fuchs...