Word: revolutionize
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Since the Anglo-Saxon nations have decided for conventional security by majority vote, they have taken much of the more blatant drama out of government. For the thrills of sovereignty, a cabled connection with dictators or a censored story of revolution must suffice. When ballots replaced bullets in the determination...
She said: "My husband was the most surprised man in Poland when the troops which he had called upon to protect him against his enemies swept him away at the head of a revolution. He literally dropped the book which he was reading and seized his sabre. I know that...
The leaders of last week's quite routine revolution were: Commander Cabecadas, General Costa, Captain Baptista. They accounted for their seizure of power by the usual formula of military revolutionists:
Harvard men have always stood with their country in time of war. During the revolution Harvard not only sent many of its students into the patriot army, but also seriously impaired its finances by converting its funds into currency with which to aid the cause Harvard's honor roll of...
Resistlessly impelled by latent causes of unrest, a revolution burst at Warsaw last week, ran its triumphant course. Once more was recalled the dictum of that outspoken Austrian, General Pflanzer: "Ha! The Poles? Sir, they are one-third magpies, one-third rabbits, one-third LIONS!"