Word: revolutionize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Revolution. A revolution in Spain had been expected for months, yet when it came it had the appearance of rising like a wind in the night. Originating in Barcelona, under the leadership of the redoubtable General Primo Rivera, the revolution is an almost exact analogy to the Fascist revolution of...
Exit the Premier. In Madrid the Alhucemas Government pleaded in vain with King Alfonso (who returned hurriedly to the capital from Satander on the Bay of Biscay, where he had just won two races with his yacht Giralda IV in the annual Royal Regatta), to obtain power to put down...
Cause. The revolution undoubtedly owes its origin indirectly to the Fascist revolution in Italy, although it is important to remember that the military clique in Spain has existed for a long time and has enjoyed considerable power. If the revolution was of Fascist origin it was nevertheless based upon a...
The Reds, applauded by Moscow, were active in stirring the proletariat to precipitate a revolution. Die Rote Fahne (Red Flag), Communist journal, devoted an entire front page to a stirring appeal to start a bürgekrieg (civil war).
THE DEVIL'S DISCIPLE?A play of the American Revolution by George Bernard Shaw. For two acts he writes as though George M. Cohan were at his very elbow. Then he settles down to satire, and laughter supplants the thunder of the melodrummer.