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Word: throw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this is the Harvard-Yale game, the one in which they throw away the book. It may even turn out to be a 0 to 0 tie. The Crimson must win today to have any kind of a season record. But Levi Jackson inspired Yale to a second half comeback against Princeton, and he may pull it off again against the Crimson...

Author: By Donald Carswell, | Title: Crimson Struggles to Redeem Season Today in 66th Encounter with Yale | 11/19/1949 | See Source »

...plays and a fast single-wing attack to beat the Puritans. The first score came on a pass and lateral in the first period; Yale failed to convert. The Puritans replied with a flock of passes, but the Davenport line broke up the attack, and intercepted a Puritan throw late in the second quarter to set up its second score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Eliot Wins Football Title, Beats Berkeley 7-0; Four More Crimson Teams Triumph | 11/19/1949 | See Source »

...passer," rather than a Furse stand-up-and-throw passers--he generally fades or jumps before throwing. His throws, although not the flat passes that Yale used last year, are accurate and more often than not cover the distance between the scrimmage line and Jackson...

Author: By Charles W. Bailey, | Title: Eli Gridders Defy 'Injuries" for Harvard Tilt | 11/18/1949 | See Source »

Valpey divided the practice time half and half between offense and defense. The freshmen throw passes as the varsity set up defenses to protect against a Yale passing attack which sent 37 aerials against Princeton last Saturday Bill Henry emulated Yale's Stu Tisdale by working with the freshmen from the T formation quarterback's position. He also saw some defensive duty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Kenary May Play Against Bulldogs | 11/16/1949 | See Source »

...ideological sheep's clothing and stay, if possible, within the folds of C.I.O. With the ax poised over the remaining ten Communist-run unions, needle-nosed Harry intoned his innocence and righteousness in a rasping cockney voice. "To get rid of us, you are going to have to throw us out," he cried. "So now we have reached the point where a trade union, because it disagrees on political matters with the national C.I.O., can be expelled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: On the Run | 11/14/1949 | See Source »

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