Word: throws
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Shah finally got his country back in 1946 and boldly sent troops into Azerbaijan, Iran's northernmost province, to throw out a puppet regime the Soviets had left behind. Three years later, he came within a hair's breadth of death at the hands of a leftist fanatic who opened fire with a pistol as the Shah was handing out diplomas at Teheran University. Three shots drilled the Shah's hat, another creased his lip and right cheek and, as he dived to the ground, a fifth hit him in the left shoulder. Bodyguards riddled the would...
...rowing final a fast-stroking German crew, using
revolutionary, shovel-shaped oars, defeated Canada by three-quarters of
a length, left the U.S. Naval Academy's rowers adrift in fifth place.
For the U.S. the loss was the first in the event since 1912.
...keep his mind off his work, Brosnan is now in the early stages of writing a series of short stories about baseball (his favorite plot: a pitcher is ordered to throw a beanball and kills a batter). He whiles away time by wandering through book shops and inquiring hopefully if they are sold out of The Long Season (total national sales: 10,000, enough to make the New York Herald Tribune's bestseller list). Then he scoops up armfuls of volumes ranging from Moss Hart to William James and strolls back to his hotel to forget about the problem...
...farewell fanfare in the press or happy fraternal rallies at the station. Yugoslav Correspondent Branko Bogunovic, who sent out the story of the exodus, wrote: "The official explanation is that the Soviet experts are leaving after the expiration of their contracts. But other versions are circulating in Peking which throw a different light on the matter...
...American Activities Committee: Every time the Russians throw an American in jail, the committee throws an American in jail to get even...