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Word: spear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...railings in Downing Street, crying "Votes for Women!" he barked: "I shall chain myself to the railings outside Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital and yell 'Beds for Men!' " Gilbert's tributes to Queen and Country were usually proffered on the end of a spear. He satirized royalty, the peerage, the law, the clergy, bureaucrats, the Army & Navy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Pooh to a Callow Throstle | 3/10/1947 | See Source »

...anti-Christ will not be so called, otherwise he would have no followers. He will wear no red tights, nor vomit sulphur, nor carry a spear nor wave an arrowed tail as the Mephistopheles in Faust. This masquerade has helped the devil convince men that he does not exist, for he knows that he is never so strong as when men believe that he does not exist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Signs of the Times | 2/3/1947 | See Source »

...Fight" and "Beat Yale" were the words as a light soaking rain filtered down on the yelling Crimson rooters, spurred on by the band and head cheer-leader Gerry Spear...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1,000 March in Climax Rally, Hear Harlow Announce Decision to Win | 11/23/1946 | See Source »

There will be two or three different displays, each of which will be designated by the number on the cards. Spear appealed to the students for cooperation saying, "A prompt raising and lowering of the cards upon hearing the whistle will aid immensely in the effect." The actual displays and letters which will result from this scheme remained a secret last night to be learned only by the Eli fans on Saturday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spear Urges '46 Fans To Wield Flash Cards At Blue Gridion Game | 11/21/1946 | See Source »

...Spear also asked that the cards be left in the seats at the end of the game...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Spear Urges '46 Fans To Wield Flash Cards At Blue Gridion Game | 11/21/1946 | See Source »

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