Word: threw
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Through its protagonists the censorship conflict threw into relief two phases of western culture-the Old West, personified by Senator Smoot, Utah-born. Mormon-educated, moral, righteous; and the New West, personified by Senator Cutting, New York-born, Harvard-educated, "sophisti-cated," broadminded...
Black Bill bobbed smartly, threw a left hook, a straight right, flew off the ropes like a whirligig. Midget Wolgast danced round him in circles from left to right, his left hook working like the plunger of a sewing machine, his long hair flying. Every three or four rounds of the 15 that kept the crowd roaring, the Midget showed a new trick: breaking a wild flurry he would stand stock still, holding his left hand high until Black Bill led at it, then whacking his right across; he caught Bill in the air coming off the ropes...
...crowd, with banners, assembled to make speeches, sing the "Internationale." President Hoover, writing busily at his desk had announced that the demonstration was not to be interfered with "unless they become disorderly." One William Lawrence, agitator, attempted to climb the White House fence. Police judged the incident sufficiently disorderly, threw acrid tear gas bombs, charged the crowd with blackjacks, arrested eleven men, two girls, started a panic among spectators...
...fifth victory for Harvard was scored by W. A. Robertson '31 in the 155-pound class when he threw Baldwin of Williams, the only representative from Williamstown to reach the finals, by a fall in four minutes, 12 seconds...
...source of the home team's potential strength lay in its heavy end, as shown by the fact that all five points were gleaned by the hardened grapplers, J.F. Solano '30 in the 165-pound class, who threw both opponents, C.D. Newhart '31 in the 175-pound class, who won his bout by a fall, and Captain Nathaniel Warner '30 in the unlimited class, who also threw two opponents...