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Word: doughtiest (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Doughtiest of Soviet commanders in the actual front-line sector, likeliest to start the game of putting White Russians to the sword, is Red Russia's greatest cavalry commander, Comrade Semion Micheilovitch Budenny, fierce, resourceful, reckless. His wife, from his own wild Kuban steppes, galloped and fought at his side when the young Soviet Republic was death-grappling with Wrangel and Denikin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA-CHINA: Blucher v. Chiang | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

...line. His father was Snefru, his mother Hetep-Heres I. Cheops loved her greatly. When her first tomb at Dahshur was robbed, he secretly reburied her at Giza, close to his pyramid. Cheops had four queens and several children. One of these, Chephren, built the second pyramid. His doughtiest daughter was Hetep-Heres II, a biological curiosity. Other Egyptians were swart and black-haired. She was blonde with reddish hair, probably inherited from foreign ancestors on her mother's side. She married her brother Kawa'ab, a dumpy, coarse man. He died. She married another brother, Radedef...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Diggers | 11/19/1928 | See Source »

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