Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Patterson . . . found only one man . . . to confront him, he aimed a terrific blow at that individual; but to his great surprise this was readily parried, and the counter blow, à la Yankee Sullivan, fell upon his left eye with such force, that, followed by a second, the desperado was thrown heavily into the street...
...press, Minister Konitza made the following statement: "The Italians have many admirable qualities and are a great nation, but God Almighty, in His inscrutable design, has deprived them of all sense of chivalry. Just when our Queen gave birth to a child, the Italians dealt this blow...
...believe that Louis has forgotten how to play the marvelous horn he used to, that he no longer does anything but blow high C's; the reason for this misapprehension is that in general Louis isn't playing as great jazz as he was ten years ago--for the very good reason that he was just about making jazz at the time and peaks like that are impossible to stay on. Now the critics listen to him and compare him to his greatest period and say that it isn't as good. Of course not--but despite occasional of-nights...
...again surged into the nation's headlines yesterday. In another of a series of carefully calculated moves--serving the double purpose of educating American public opinion and presenting Hitler and Mussolini with solid food for thought--President Roosevelt endorsed a strongly worded Washington Post editorial. Smarting under this newest blow to his cherished isolation, Senator Nye termed the presidential statement "a splendid evidence that we are inviting ourselves into another European war." That his statement is illogical will not have much bearing on the real issue, for there is still a large number of persons who would "protect themselves...
...Blow Kingstons...