Word: loing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Venezuela, which has been said to be dominated by the full-blooded Indian family of Gomez, was reported in a state of revolution. No confirmation of the report could be obtained, but it was alleged by a rebel agent in the U. S. that General Areva-lo-Cedefio was marching at the head of a large army which is headed for Caracas, the capital...
...votes on the ten best books published since 1900 were polied by the Literary Digest International Book Review, and lo! the name of Wells led all the rest. Not only did his "Outline of History" receive more votes than any other book, but he stood first among the ten favorite authors. His "Outline of History" and sixteen of his other books put him at the top of the list for popularity...
...time given to student opinion must seem wasted, that opinion itself farcical, and the spirit that offered it one of hypocrisy. He has sailed many months, he has sailed many weeks over uncharted seas of hypothesis on a search for the Snark of serious student opinion, and lo! it is only a Boojum. He may well be excused if he decides that his is a thankless task, and determines that the student should be taught rather than educated...
...President again turned to his list of candidates. Lo! Curtis D. Wilbur's name led all the rest. His qualifications numbered: birth at Boonesboro, Iowa, 56 years ago; an education at Annapolis Naval Academy; law practice in California starting at the age of 22; organization of the Los Angeles Juvenile Court; membership in the California Supreme court for five years...
...Xanadu" one reads, "did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree" and lo! immediately "it was a miracle of rare device...