Word: overthrew
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ever so. The Puritans in old England fought for religious toleration only to become more intolerant than the Churchmen when they came to power. The Bolsheviki overthrew the worst despotism in Europe only to set up the most sinister tyranny that history has recorded. Liberty we fear, is still invoked by certain radicals only in so far as it can be made to favor their aims...
...Pilgrims scored in the first inning when McDevitt singled, reached third on a passed ball, and came home on a single by Dexter. Harvard took the lead in the third inning. With one down Wigglesworth walked, and scored when Pushee fumbled the ball and then overthrew first in an effort to catch Tomes. The latter reached second on the play, took third on Wingate's out, and scored when Simons failed to handle an easy bounder...