Word: blowing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pickle for the curiosity of the Moscow public and for the consolation of the faithful." - Lenin. "In the cutting off of the lives of men and women no Asiatic conqueror, not Tamerlane, not Jenghiz Khan, can match his fame. . . . His purpose, to save the world: his method, to blow it up. . . . Apt at once to kill or to learn: . . . ruffianism and philanthropy: but a good husband; a gentle guest; happy, his biographers assure us, to wash up the dishes or dandle the baby; as mildly amused to stalk a capercailzie as to butcher an Emperor. . . . Lenin was the Grand Repudiator...
...opinion," crowed General Calles, federal commander-in-chief, when the news of Almazan's feat was brought to him, "this most infamous rebellion has been dealt a death blow...
...Century British Sea Chanty Rightly or wrongly the Allied Powers dealt beaten Germany a blow beneath the belt in 1919, when they seized virtually the whole German merchant marine of 3,500,000 tons-third largest in the world. From President Paul von Hindenburg down, every German feels today that among the greatest triumphs of Peace must be ranked the Fatherland's astounding feat of building 3,000,000 tons of shipping in the decade since the War. The summer of 1929 was to have seen German mercantile prestige finally restored with added lustre by the completion...
...Jones missionary work is the impending disintegration of India's rock-ribbed caste system. The Nationalist movement and infiltrations of Western civilization have already shaken it. But, says Dr. Jones. Christianity's recognition of individuals and their equality in the sight of God will deal the most telling blow...
That gets a staggering blow...