Word: thrown
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Carter has thrown in his lot with the alternative annointed by the oil industry, pushing his $88 billion crash plan for synthetic fuels. Kennedy has opposed Carter's plan, saying that the country should not make the nuclear power mistake again--investing massively in an energy source before knowing its costs. Already, doubts about the environmental and economic soundness of synthetic fuels are cropping...
...muddy track that runs down the middle of the camp, covered by a blanket. Nobody paid any attention to it. Another was that of a woman who was already in rigor mortis, her feet sticking stiffly out from the end of a yellow cloth her husband had thrown over her. The husband sat in a daze while people in the adjoining makeshift shelters not more than four feet away were going about their business of cooking, eating and sleeping as if the dead woman were not there. 'I've got a body here,' I heard one young volunteer shout...
...House masters said yesterday no one told them the letters had been found. "I've never seen or heard about them. I'd like to know more about them myself," said Superintendent Ben S. Bartie. Bartie added, "No student has the right to touch anything until it's thrown...
This election has featured some vintage White. If there is anything damaging being thrown around, it's all the stuff about the rising numbers of city employees and the mayor's bureaucracy/campaign staff. Timilty has failed to exploit issues, like the always wasteful and sometimes illegal activities of the Office of Cultural Affairs. White, meanwhile, has displayed unusual arrogance and, in keeping with the Richard Daley model, has gotten away with it. "I don't stop work at 5," he's told us several hundred times, "Why should they...
After two miles, an unusually large pack consisting of almost 20 runners led the field. No one seemed willing to break open the pack and set himself up. "It's like being thrown to the wolves if you try to take the lead in a situation like that," McNulty said following the meet...