Word: lied
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Take the recent Tsinan incident.* How many innocent country men of ours were killed there? The bones of many still lie unburied, yet Japan still occupies Shantung...
Eastern rivalries grow pale beside the gargantuan wars of colleges that lie behind the Rocky Mountains. California and Stanford are two giants who ravage the countryside and then clash together. Last week, before the game, Stanford had won 15 of these clashes and California 12. California rapidly scored 13 points; after the half, Simkins made a touchdown for Stanford; in the last minute Frentrup of Stanford made another. The giants had played their seventh...
...coal profits-President Baker emphasized when he opened last week's conference-is to teach consumers how to use coal in new ways and to teach coal men how to "unlock the riches that lie hidden" in coal (i.e., to produce synthetic goods...
...Russian serfs by Tsar Alexander II in 1861. In a grey, snowy twilight a crowd of the poor are gathered in Moscow's Red Square. Looming through the soft fall of flakes is the ornate Cathedral of St. Basil, multicolored cupolas and towers bedizened with snow. Beyond lie the grim walls and towers of the Kremlin. The people have just heard the ukase. They stand in clusters, joyfully inarticulate, habitually stolid. The bizarre tints of the Cathedral glimmer like a huge lantern of faith above and beyond the awestruck host...
...good part but gave no. immediate sign of retiring. Without reference to his own plans he proposed that the Democracy start the groundwork of its 1932 campaign at once. "The most glaring example of our lack of efficiency," he said, "is that, we allow a political organization to lie practically dormant over such a long period. ... I see no reason why we can't function right through the whole four years...