Word: overthrew
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...right-hand man and most trusted adviser, until he chose to revolt against his chief, drive him from power and bring about his death. This fact is not very strange when we view it as a recurrence of General Huerta's famous coup d etat in 1913, when he overthrew the government of Madero and caused that President's subsequent overthrow...
...opening inning it looked as if the University was about to throw the game away in one inning, as in other games. Needleman, first up, singled, then Hardell walked Smith, the two coming in on Morrell's three-bagger over Frothingham's head. Then when Lincoln overthrew first Morrell tripped home with the third tally. But after that the Crimson tightened up, Blair throwing out Doherty on an attempted steal to second and Hardell striking out Handy...
...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...
...Pacific and with China, and that the Filipinos would never be capable of self-government. The Freshmen were unable to refute these claims satisfactorily, and rested their case on the claim that it was best for the United States to cede the Philippines to Germany. The Sophomores overthrew both the advisability and the possibility of this...