Word: petard
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Porno-Petard...
...which needed publicity, it was theirs. They had a suspicion that the constituency of the second largest and indisputably grossest tabloid in Manhattan was not of such a high order of humanity but that it would applaud the spectacle of its pastor and master, hoist with his own porno-petard...
Lenin Hoist With His Own Petard...
...Wright to put up $10,000 which, with a like sum of his own, would recondition the ancient plane for flight. This offer was declined by Mr. Wright, who professed to have better uses for his money. Meanwhile, the plane, which may be hoisted once more by its own petard, retains the proud...
...exhibited by Mr. Harvey. (P. 9.) Monte San Nicholas-eternal tribute to the dead. (P. 15.) Captain Thomas Jefferson Jackson See, eager to join with Einstein in debate. (P. 21.) Mr. Taft's reputation, deemed "spotless" even by sensational publishers. (P. 24.) Stambuliski-hoisting communism by its own petard. (P. 12.) Justice Holmes-radical! (P. 3.) The prospective canonization of the late Pope Pius X. (P. 19.) Jack Dempsey, coal-miner and coal operator. (P. 23.) The return of a Roosevelt to health and activity...