Word: throws
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...British politicians it has long been a cardinal principle of after-dinner oratory to throw in at least one glowing reference to the intangible strength of the Commonwealth, a globe-girdling club whose members are allegedly linked by spiritual bonds so powerful that they do not need to encumber themselves with rules or bylaws. But last week, as the leaders of ten nations assembled in London for the ninth Commonwealth Prime Ministers' conference since World War II (see cut), the ties that bind the Commonwealth were under greater strain than ever before. Said India's Nehru bluntly: "Whether...
...sales to rise 15% to $26 million this year (35% from vending v. 7% last year) with profits "substantially increased" over 1959's $1.64 per share. Says Coleman: "Just open up a suitcase and try to sell in the lobby of a big office building. They'll throw you out on your ear. But with vending machines they welcome you because you're rendering a needed service...
...being knocked out, or badly hurt, in a state that proved very little about the other 49. The West Virginia primary itself is meaningless. It does not even bind the delegates. Said Kennedy glumly at week's end: "If I lose in West Virginia, it'll just throw the race open to all the contenders-including myself, I believe...
...home. They poured past sympathetic soldiers into Beyazit Square, where they sang and shouted slogans praising South Korean students. The cops threw tear-gas bombs; the students picked them up and threw them back. When mounted police charged, students jabbed lighted cigarettes under the horses, making them rear and throw their riders...
...last weekend, the Sultan of Shot was not the big show. At the Drake Relays, he left Davis in his dust with a throw of 63 ft. 1¼ in., but saw his meet record clipped by Nieder's 63 ft. 11 ½ in. Strangely mellowed by defeat, O'Brien spoke to Nieder for the first time in the day, said: "Nice going, Bill...