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Word: tossing (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...aircraft a day in peak seasons, and since the runways are built at right angles, they cannot be used simultaneously. Incoming passengers have to wait at least an hour for their luggage. As the baggage is plucked piece by piece from aircraft holds, baggage handlers-when not on strike-toss it on two long counters where travelers from all arriving flights have to pick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: The Worst Airport | 12/25/1972 | See Source »

...Toss-Outs. Deciding which cases to accept is very much an individual matter for each of the Justices. All agree that experience on the high court leads to a certain facility in identifying unworthy petitions: "A good number are obviously frivolous, and I'm seeing them more quickly now than I did at first," says one of the newer Justices. Matters that are purely local in nature, affecting only a few people and without any serious question of federal or constitutional law, are automatic toss-outs. Isolated cases of injustices are apt to be ignored...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Supreme Court: Deciding Whether to Decide | 12/11/1972 | See Source »

...Harvard track team will wind its way down through the mountains on New York Highway 9W into the peaceful campus of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point today to face their first real challenge of the season. The meet, which begins at 1:30 p.m. is a toss...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: Thinclads Face Cadets Today | 12/9/1972 | See Source »

...personified to both sexes, and I can't imagine how else he'd be able to play it as written. Bernard Holmberg's Idiot is sufficiently strong to hold the production together, keeping the lid on a certain hermaphroditic unctuousness which is inherent in the role; and he does toss a mean epileptic...

Author: By Michael Sragew, | Title: Idiots | 12/2/1972 | See Source »

Harvard will lack the services of their 134-pound strongman, Carl Biello, who injured his shoulder in practice nine days ago. "A win in Biello's category is essential if we are to beat BU," Lee said, "Most of our matches look like toss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Young Crimson Wrestlers Tackle BU; Varsity Squad Expects Rough Season | 11/30/1972 | See Source »

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