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Word: tossing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Hora (Hava Nageela). Belafonte has developed a remarkable emotional pantomime to match the content of his songs. In John Henry, he hunches his tall, lithe body (6 ft. 2 in., 185 Ibs.) in a half crouch, knots his fists, launches into the verses with teeth clenched and a spasmodic toss of his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HEADLINERS: Lead Man Holler | 3/2/1959 | See Source »

Freshman Ed Bailey set a Yardling record and a possible national freshman standard in the weight throw with a 55 ft., 1 1/2 in. toss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Track Team Loses to Yale In Big Three Triangulars | 2/16/1959 | See Source »

...second half was fairly even, although the Indians maintained their power throughout. After five minutes, the margin was still 14 points. After Harrington began to toss in long set shots, the Green showed why it has won 11 straight games--and leads the league with an 8-0 mark--by increasing the lead this time to 21 points, at the 14-minute mark...

Author: By Walter L. Goldfrank, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Five Loses to Indians For Second Time, 71-50 | 2/12/1959 | See Source »

...young Harvard-educated blueblood who is attempting to toss politics' roistering Dead End Kid, Ald. Mathias "Paddy" Bauler (43d), out of office is going to carry his fight to every precinct in the ward...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LAST RESORT | 2/3/1959 | See Source »

Ever since the Russians launched their Sputnik III on May 15, 1958, rocket experts have known that they had the potential ability to toss a good-sized bird out of the earth's gravitational field. To put a satellite on a nearby orbit around the earth takes only about 25% less speed than the escape velocity (25,000 m.p.h.) that will free it from the earth. All the Russians needed to do was to increase slightly the power of Sputnik Ill's launching rockets or to reduce its final weight. U.S. failure to reach the moon was mainly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Lunik | 1/12/1959 | See Source »

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