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Word: halt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...going through their paces in every room in Sever, and English A sections changed to more debating practise: a gloomy outlook, but the unavoidable result unless the process thus initiated is checked. In the interests of already overworked sporting editors, the coaches should reconsider their decision, and call a halt before it is too late...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TALKING TURKEY | 3/15/1928 | See Source »

...growled and surged. The troopers cursed. Mr. Scherf ordered a volley over the heads of the "Wobblies." They did not wobble. The next volley, point blank into the close-packed marchers, brought shrieks, confusion a halt. Bodies began dropping to the ground?one, two. As the "Wobblies" retreated, more of the wounded fell out. Five died, 20 were wounded, including two women in men's clothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Wobbling | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...houses have been witnesses to the whole world how Fascismo transforms Italy and increases its strength in all fields. This review of our obstinate endeavor completed by the rally of all your legions in arms, is a solemn warning to any one hatching the folly of attempting to halt our march...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Fifth Anniversary | 11/7/1927 | See Source »

...startling figure-bulky, halt, not a hair to disturb the glassy smoothness of his pate, and a bush for a beard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Orchestras Begin | 10/31/1927 | See Source »

...mechanical march and the tune that went with it has been played, imitated, repeated over most of the civilized world. The idea came from a tradition of the autocracy of Tsar Paul I. Absentminded, the Tsar walked off the parade ground one afternoon, forgetting to give the command to halt. Because he was so cruel, nobody dared remind him. The soldiers went marching on to somewhere in Siberia before he remembered and ordered them to return. They arrived with beards. The Parade based on this legend is the most widely known of the Chauve Souris repertory...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: New Plays in Manhattan: Oct. 17, 1927 | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

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