Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...insertion into the League Covenant of Article XVIII, whereby League-Member-States are obliged to deposit all their international treaties and agreements with the League Secretariat, which is likewise obliged to make them public as soon as possible. Mr. Wilson considered the establishment of this practice a virtual death blow at "secret diplomacy...
...British press variously described the trial as "a blow to liberty" (Laborite Daily Herald) and "a victory for civilization" (Conservative Morning Post). Between these two extremes, the Westminster Gazette took occasion to lament that a whiff of politics was undoubtedly apparent to squeamish noses at the trial, and quoted: "It is not enough that justice should be done-it must appear to be justice...
...create such a fiendish storm. Mr. Griffith doesn't content himself with a mere cyclone; he has to have three or four tornadoes going on at the same time. Of course when you have over half the cast to kill off at the end you might just as well blow them to pieces as drown them or burn them. We're beginning to wonder why a Griffith cyclone wasn't used in place of the Great Flood by whoever was in charge...
...points. Twelve men have contributed to this total, but the three leaders have accounted for more than half of the full 204 tallies. Allen and Kline, both known for their ability to force the line for consistent gains, have naturally been given plenty of opportunity to administer the final blow. Allen has totalled 51 points, while Kline, his nearest rival, has personally marked 42 point on the scoreboard. Cutler, with 24 tallies, stands third. Noble and Wadsworth have chalked up 18 are 13 credits, respectively. Bradley, Failing, Wienecke, foote, Rilchards, Stone, and Cottle are other contributors to the Blue total...
...taking no chances on the weather. It was the day of mass formations and the famous "Harvard flying wedge". Legs were broken and skulls fractured, and as the casualty list mounted, a cry went up all over the country against the brutality of football. When the last whistle had blow in the 1904 game, the sidelines were packed with players who, among them, had experienced almost every kind of injury known to man. It looked as if the best physical specimens in both colleges were about to kill each other off. A truce was declared and there were no more...