Word: blowed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...religious side the present Church-State struggle has dealt a final blow to the Erastian principle of "Cuius regio, cius religio" of the German Reformation, which has now proved an unwelcome boomerang to Protestants. Christian principles and German liberties depend on an independent Church, holding to dogmatic beliefs diametrically opposed to the religious creed of Nazidom. It is interesting to note that the liberal elements both in the Church and State have completely succumbed to political pressure, and that only the Roman Catholic and "Confessional" Churches, firm in their convictions, remain in open conflict with the government. The Christian Church...
When the Falls View Bridge finally fell last week, it did not blow down like its predecessor or collapse-its piers were knocked out from under it. Ice, blown by gales out of Lake Erie and over the falls, piled up 90 ft. high in the river, ground into the bridge's unprotected piers set near water level. After 30 hours it simply pushed the base of the big 840-ft. arch at the U. S. end from its pier and the bridge fell. Useful chiefly for sightseeing, the collapse caused only a minor traffic problem between Niagara Falls...
...lions do. "I asked you what ideas you had on the method of Thucydides as compared to that of Herodotus. "Why it was it was different." "How?" The word exploded in the classroom. The professor followed with a violent gust from his nose. Something nasty prompted Harold to blow his nose. Something nasty prompted Harold to blow his nose, too; it sounded like repartee...
...sports editor of the Daily News and Jack Miley, a former Daily News sports columnist. In brief and in sequence, Mr. Van Every had hit Mr. Powers. Mr. Powers had hit Mr. Van Every. Mr. Miley had hit Mr. Powers. Mr. Powers had hit Mr. Miley. For the first blow, Mr. Van Every had this explanation: "Powers swiped a story from the Sun, written by Herbert Gorem and used it in his out-of-town column. ... I asked him if he denied swiping the article. . . He called me a liar so I slapped his face." Mr. Miley said his belligerence...
...middle generation, gives several hints on what a wife can do when her husband bawls her out before friends. She can ask him to tell his best story. If that does not work, she can answer back. Or she can become completely silent, or-"this is a blow between the eyes"-she can leave the room. Marjorie Kern's Getting Along Together is directed toward people who are growing old. She preaches the advantages of calm companionship over passionate misery...