Word: revolutionize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Thus the victory of Emir Ibn Saud, who knows the Koran by heart, is virtually a Puritan Revolution.
Apthorp house was built in 1760 by a rich Tory family. It was confiscated by the patriot party during the revolution. General Putnam made it his residence for a short time, then three companies of troops were quartered there, and finally General Burgoyne in 1777 was kept a prisoner in...
*The word plebiscite comes from the Latin word plebiscitum, a decree of the plebs or common people. It was resurrected by the French during the Revolution and possibly its most famed application in modern history was in 1852 when the French coup d'etat of 1851 was confirmed and the...
Who drank from them and under what circumstances? No one can ever know. Were the sparkling contents a forbidden delight furtively drunk by Puritan students of two centureis ago? Were they imbibed by Continental soldiers who were quartered in the hall during the Revolution? Did they serve to enliven some...
The Honduran revolution, reported over (TIME, Sept. 15), proved to be "going strong." Peace moves were delayed by the inability of the warring factions to decide on a place for negotiations. Meanwhile, it was rumored that two sanguinary battles had been won by the Government forces.