Word: throw
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Ladakh echoed through India. Instead of shouts of "Hindi Chini Bhai Bhai!" (India and China are brothers). New Delhi's streets resounded with the clamor, "Give us arms! We will go to Ladakh!" The Red Chinese embassy was stoned, the All-India Students' Congress called for a "Throw Back the Aggressors Day," and India's Defense Minister made a radio appeal for volunteers for the Territorial Army. Even the normally pro-Communist weekly Blitz headlined: GIVE THE CHINESE A BLOODY NOSE...
Quarterback: Don Meredith (TIME, Nov. 2), 21, Southern Methodist; 6 ft. 3 in., 195 lbs. Major: business administration. In his three-year career, Meredith completed 61% of his passes, hit for 25 touchdowns. "One of the greatest players to come out of the Southwest since Sammy Baugh. Can throw off-balance, long or short. Has a great edge because he is tall and can see over the line." While the scouts admire Penn State Quarterback Richie Lucas for his all-round ability in both passing and running, they rank him behind Meredith because he falls short of outstanding mastery...
...point underdogs before the kickoff in Philadelphia's Municipal Stadium. But right from the start, Navy drove home its blocks with clean precision, turned loose darting, stubby (5 ft. 8 in., 185 lbs.') Halfback Joe Bellino for three touchdowns. On defense, Navy used four halfbacks to throw an umbrella over Lonesome End Bill Carpenter, put such a rush on sharpshooting Quarterback Joe Caldwell that he consistently missed open receivers. When the slaughter was done, Navy had rolled up the biggest score in the 60-game series (30 for Army; 25 for Navy; 5 tied...
Revised Edition. In Carlton, Nottinghamshire, England, Municipal Librarian Herbert Steele urged borrowers not to use books as "teapot stands, towels, mops, grease removers, teething rings, weapons to throw at cats and dogs...
Nestled among the warm brown hills of the San Fernando Valley, hardly a bone's throw from some of the wealthiest Los Angeles suburbs, lies a brilliant green oasis of more than 300 acres, which at first glance seems to be a golf course. On closer examination, the oasis turns out to be none other than Forest Lawn Memorial-Park, the Versailles of cemeteries that Novelist Evelyn Waugh (The Loved One) celebrated as the supreme expression of the American Way of Death...