Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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According to latest dispatches the dove of peace hovers once more above the Nile. The Egyptian bomb had been set and timed to blow up the vestiges of English power. After much smoke and a few sparks, it exploded with a resounding "Piff!", and instead of the British lion, Zagloul Pasha heads the casualty list...
...bitter towards those who are controlling the policy of Harvard at present. And I want them to know that those who came to Harvard because they love Art and the Drama were struck a painful and shameful blow when the fact was made known Tuesday that Professor Baker, representing creative Art at Harvard has been forced to resign: forced to resign because the liberalism of Harvard was not great enough to permit originality to flourish forced to resign because of the practical and narrow vision of those who control our universities...
...judge by last year, the Military Science department will be on hand to throw a few hand grenades into the pacifist ranks. "Blow bugle, blow: set the wild echoes flying!" The pacifists have declared war without quarter upon the forces...
...Christiania, that she had met with misadventure, had failed to get into the drift across the pole, was returning. Furthermore, she had sprung a small leak and was almost out of fuel oil, so that she will be compelled to use her sails to complete her return. Another blow at Amundsen...
...third period was uneventful. Neither team was able to deliver a telling blow, handicapped as each was by a fierce and biting gale that swept down the field...