Word: bloods
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...moments later the royal motor passed slowly over cobble stones still wet with blood drawn by the bomb. A pandemonium of cheering rose about His Majesty: "Viva il Re! . . . Glory to Savoy! [the Royal House] . . . Live! Long live the King...
...dawn neared, a battalion of Federal troops quartered near the Presidential palace in Caracas mutinied under the leadership of Chief-Conspirator Captain Rafael Alvarado. Two brother officers who would not join the mutiny were shot dead. Then, having tasted blood, the battalion rushed out at double quick march to seize the large supplies of arms always kept at the San Carlos Barracks...
...germinal glands, which he now claims have a secretive alliance with the pituitary gland. That small, oval, reddish-gray body, appended to the brain, is made up of two separately active lobes. The rear one exudes a valuable drug, which has been ingeniously injected to speed heartbeat, to increase blood pressure, or to make muscles contract. It is used in cases of surgical shock, in obstetrics, after abdominal surgery...
Robert Edward Lee was the youngest son of "Light Horse Harry" Lee, Revolutionary hero who surprised Paulus Hook, N. J., and was awarded a gold medal. The blood of Lionel Lee who fought with Richard Coeur de Lion ran in his veins. He hankered early for a military life and was devoted to his mother, who raised her boy to be a soldier...
...Their profile photographs superimposed in any year resulted in a perfect outline, with no marring double line. X-ray photographs of their skulls superimposed in every part, and their body measurements, height, weight were practically identical. Finger prints of one were mirror images of fingerprints of the other. The blood composition and count, the temperature and respiration rates were the same. They had the same temperaments and attitudes of mind. Accused of cheating in an examination because they had made the same mistake in the same problem while the rest of their papers were identical, only the statement...