Word: throw
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...throw any light on this mixup...
...hook northwest into West Virginia,* is a thoroughly old-fashioned stream. The New is unimproved, except for traces of a small Congressional appropriation a half-century ago; like all unimproved streams it alternately races and moseys, brawls and dawdles. Fifteen years ago Appalachian Electric Power Co. decided to throw a dam across the New, five miles above the little town of Radford, Va. (pop. 6,898). The Federal Power Commission demanded that Appalachian accept a license to dam the stream for a power plant. Under the Federal Water Power Act of 1920, no navigable stream (or non-navigable stream affecting...
...Just for your information we run a respectful joint in here we dont allow no blows struck some people do not have the manners of a dog if you are a fighter go to the garden they are looking for you we aint if anything aint right dont throw things holler for the boss act like you had some sense if possible...
...Thomas a Becket died in 1170, was lengthily tried in 1538 under Henry VIII. Henry, wrote Lord Campbell, "when he wished to throw off the authority of the Pope, thinking that as long as the name of St. Thomas should remain in the calendar men would be stimulated by his example to brave the ecclesiastical authority of the Sovereign, instructed his Attorney General to file a quo warranto information against him [Thomas a Becket" for usurping the office of a Saint. . . ." Verdict: guilty of rebellion and treason...
Just which party capitulates within the next year is a question to be answered by the listening public. If America's 50,000,000 radio sets start turning more and more to ASCAP-contracted independent stations, and advertisers follow the trend, the networks will have to throw in the towel. But if the combination of new BMI, old American, and foreign tunes suits listeners' tastes, the Society of Composers will find itself in an awkward position. Whatever the battle's outcome, American music should emerge with a new lease on life...