Word: kowtow
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Subsequent mailed and smuggled despatches did not fully clear up a mystery which Soviet censors would not permit to be mentioned in cables. Seemingly Dictator Stalin was holding the sword of banishment in suspension over opposition necks, waiting to see if opposition heads would kowtow...
...residence of a local military official went the crowd. The official was asked to come outside, kowtow, pray. He declined, alleging that the time and place were inappropriate; asked the crowd to go to a temple where he promised...