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Word: tossings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...must be able to toss in enough fast ones to keep the better awake. She has to deliver a mean outside curve when it's called for, and she should allow enough passes to make the game interesting...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Model Ump, Harris? Venuti? Demands Fast Inside Curve | 5/5/1947 | See Source »

...charming partners for dancing at the Copley were envisioned by Mare G. Dreyfus '47, who stated with confidence, "The left side of the face is Allegretti; the right side of McClosky." He left the torso a toss...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wits Sparkle, but Few Know 'Miss Juno,' Says HDC | 4/30/1947 | See Source »

...Warmed up his southpaw pitching arm to toss out the first ball of the 1947 baseball season, had to take a raincheck when the Senators-Yankees opener was called because of steady showers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Quiet Interlude | 4/21/1947 | See Source »

...Book of Esther. Now Tel Aviv's thousands prayed for deliverance from their troubles of today. At the close of services, rabbis and cantors issued warnings that children should not celebrate Purim with firecrackers or anything else that might sound like rifle fire. But a few boys did toss firecrackers at British armored cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PALESTINE: Hippo | 3/17/1947 | See Source »

...support of Vice President Jack Lawrenson and soft-spoken Treasurer Hedley Stone. Curran's enemies are led by three smart Communist-line operators: Vice President Joe Stack; Jamaican Negro Secretary Ferdinand Smith; weary-looking Vice President Howard McKenzie. Stack, Smith and McKenzie have one objective: to toss Curran out and realign N.M.U. solidly with Bridges and the Party. Curran, who once thought he could run the Reds-and sometimes even run with them-knows that this time he will be lucky if he survives them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: A Torpedo Named Joe | 1/6/1947 | See Source »

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