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Word: soldier (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...hours later a Dutch soldier, guarding the frontier at Eysden, was struck dumb when a man in a long military cloak approached him, hesitated, said: "I am the Emperor of Germany. Here is my sword...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Golden Mead | 6/28/1926 | See Source »

...University will meet Princeton in the first match of the tournament, at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. At the conclusion of this match, West Point will meet the riders of the Pennsylvania Military College. On Wednesday the Yale four will meet the winners of the soldier match while on the following Saturday the finals will be contested...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY RIDERS TO OPEN POLO TOURNAMENT | 6/17/1926 | See Source »

...royal majesty he fought with all his might; He was a soldier loyal and true. He conquered all the enemies that came within his sight And he looked around for more when he was through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: At Amherst | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

...them in supreme contempt. He directed a subordinate: "You will do well to try to inoculate the Indians [with smallpox] by means of blankets, as well as to try every other method that can serve to extirpate this execrable race." Bluff, arrogant, forthright, Amherst is thus seen as a soldier of quite modern scientific resourcefulness, for all the eclipse that his military record suffered through the brilliancy of Wolfe, captor of Quebec...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: At Amherst | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

...What soldier of the King tried to give smallpox to the Indians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Quiz: Jun. 14, 1926 | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

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