Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...modern cyclist does not get the exhilaration which one felt bestride one of these mighty wheeled bicycles, especially when it was the custom to blow a horn with one free hand. Beside these cyclists strode groups of "pedestrians", not sauntering in dress clothes but flailing the air with their elbows and equipped according to the sport catalogue. At times there would go racing by a "gentleman's driving outfit", consisting usually of a buggy stripped for speed, fragile wheels and a pair of well clipped, mettlesome horses that could do a mile in not too many seconds over two minutes...
...chance he comes upon an English vessel sent to rescue Rosamund and in charge of the dry and bitter (but just) Sir Henry Goade. By this time Sir Oliver is beginning to feel the emptiness of vengeance. He saves the English ship from destruction by threatening to blow up the Barbary galley, is surrendered to the English, and tried for piracy against his own nation. But Sir Henry Goade realizes all the arguments in favor of the Sea-Hawk- the terrible injustice done him, his sparing of the English ship, and (most convincing of all) Rosamund's love...
Eagan (who while an undergraduate at Yale three years ago was petitioned by Dempsey to be his sparring partner) was pitted against one Hulks in the final. " Eagan, full of vigor, dropped his opponent to the floor with a forceful body blow. Hulks' head struck the boards rather heavily and the referee stopped the contest...
...other quarters the decision is spoken of as " the destruction at one blow of 20 years' work for the improvement of women," " a decision which leaves out of consideration the social point of view, the public interest and the human element," " a calamity to the women workers of the country," " slavery for women who earn their own living...
...Coue outside the church, and the great growth of Protestantism in the last few years have proved the existence of a religious revival beyond a shadow of a doubt. Irreligion had its greatest chance in the last generation, when far-reaching social, educational, and economic changes dealt a heavy blow to the old religious dogmas. Yet, in spite of these events that many people thought would be fatal to religion, it has gained a firmer held than ever before...