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Word: tossings (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Twenty-one teen-agers in T shirts and jeans are sitting around a big, doughnut-shaped table. They are all sneaking glances at the short, plump, balding man seated in their midst. "He's awfully old," whispers Stacie Stockman, with a toss of her head. "I was hoping for someone younger. I would like to think we could change his mind." Schoolmate James Perkins nods knowingly: "Yeah, his ideas are probably set in concrete...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Maryland: Adolescents, Aristotle and Adler | 6/22/1981 | See Source »

...shells in their bare hands and blowing tanks out of their path with about as much breath power as an ordinary mortal uses to douse a candle. The final confrontation with Superman is a barroom brawl on a delightfully gigantic scale. Instead of heaving furniture at one another, they toss a bus back and forth. And when one of the combatants gets thrown, the trajectory is measured in city blocks. In short, there is wit, even a sort of weird plausibility, in the action sequences that was not present in the first film. Since the major change in the credits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Flying High | 6/8/1981 | See Source »

...motorcycle toss a bomb at an army staff car and speed away through the streets of Madrid: three people are killed in the blast, and a fourth, Lieut. General Joaquin Valenzuela, head of King Juan Carlos' personal guard, is badly wounded. Another high-ranking officer, General Andrés González de Suso, is gunned down at pointblank range outside his apartment in the capital, and a policeman dies in the ensuing chase. Almost simultaneously, two Civil Guards are murdered by terrorists in a Barcelona bar. The final toll: seven dead and 14 injured, most of them innocent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Spain: New Terrorism | 5/18/1981 | See Source »

...swamps of the hammer throw, Dubliner Colin Ball closed out his Harvard career with a victory toss of 186 ft. 3 1/2 in. Alec Quintero supported him with a 164-ft. 7-in. throw to pick up second. In the shotput, senior Allen Strehler got a second place with a distance of 47 ft. 5 1/4 in., his last Crimson throw before turning in his jersey. And teammate Lanny Tron completed the picture, winning the event with an incredible 49-ft. 5 3/4-in. effort...

Author: By Nick Darienzo, | Title: Thinclads Stomp Yale | 5/11/1981 | See Source »

...field events, Dave Randall continued to reach for pole vault heaven, winning at 14 feet, while Garth Andrade grabbed another first in the javelin with a toss of 197 feet, 7 inches. And in the steeplechase, which combines lots of track and a little swimming. Bruce Weber fought a tough early stretch to run his second fastest time of the year, winning...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Thinclads Destroy Northeastern, 96-69; Team Faces Yale For Perfect Record | 5/7/1981 | See Source »

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