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Word: thrusting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...King stood aghast, then regaining his composure, he replied curtly: " Well, others may lose their heads, too." He had Stambuliski thrust into jail, where he remained throughout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BULGARIA: Ruffled Waters | 6/25/1923 | See Source »

When swords are thrust outward to glean...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEGROES: A Black Aaron Burr | 6/11/1923 | See Source »

King George has thrust a pin into the bubble which for two long days after Mr. Bonar Law's resignation supported Lord Curzon under the rays of the spotlight as the probable successor to the English premiership. The bubble was large, but it was nothing more and in the clear sunlight of modern conditions it could not last...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PEER OR COMMONER? | 5/23/1923 | See Source »

...first round Signor Giunta received a blow in the abdomen, but, as he had managed partly to parry the thrust, he was only struck with the flat of his opponent's sword. In the second round both combatants were wounded, Forni in the face and right hand, Giunta in the right arm. The doctors then stopped the bout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: An Affair of Honor | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

China's reputation of having the oldest civilization in the world became a doubtful honor when western nations began to thrust their hungry faces over the wall and look about. To meet these irresistible intruders on anything like even terms, China found herself obliged to jump over a good many centuries into the current of modern ways. Out of pure generosity the United States decided not to take advantage of the naivete of her rebirth and therefore remitted ten of the twenty-five millions due to her as Boxer indemnity. This has proved to be profitable altruism, for since then...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOXER EDUCATION | 5/5/1923 | See Source »

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