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Word: fight (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Said eager Edward Voight: "I will let my record speak for itself and will not make a fight . . . unless forced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Brothers, Twins | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Trotsky refused to go. The police picked up his overcoat and began to force him into it. His wife tried to communicate with somebody by telephone and they dragged her roughly from the instrument. Trotsky's son attempted to defend his father and was subdued in a fist fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Max's Letter | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...also our conviction that a war between Italy and Serbia, if Bulgaria and Rumania can be prevented from attacking Serbia, will be a short one. The Serbs are good fighters, and, fighting in their own territory, will administer a stinging defeat to the Italian armies. Italy will not be able to deploy great forces to fight Serbia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TURKEY: Secret Instructions | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...smart retort to, "Do you want a fight?" is still, of course, "Sir, I am a Tolstoyan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Tolstoy to Shaw | 3/12/1928 | See Source »

...Well, sir, in place of that toad going to sleep, it reared up on its hind legs and wanted to fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Horned Toad | 3/5/1928 | See Source »

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