Word: wakely
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...explains Lenin's extraordinary authority (he was never officially dictator) by his often-proved superior ability in interpreting facts. He tells the story of how Lenin, at a committee meeting in early revolutionary days, encountered general opposition. Wrapping his head in his cloak he told his comrades to wake him when they had argued themselves into agreement with his plan. An hour or two later they woke him, said he was right...
Caught in the wake of a fast Crimson team, the Columbia swimmers found themselves on the short end of a 49-22 score Saturday night, after the best meet seen in the Indoor Athletic Building Pool this year. Captain Ed Stowell and Vic Leventritt provided two of the many thrills of the evening when both of them lowered their records to close to the pool marks...
...year 1933, in departing into unlamented oblivion, has taken along in its wake a handsome company of notables. The old time elect, the salt of the earth the repositories of 100 per cent Americanism, have departed from the limelight and left only unsavory memories and economic chaos beyond anything Alice might have encountered in Wonderland...
...China-partly with the aid of Russian and Chinese propagandists trained in Moscow who fomented disunion in his Army's path. Marching on to victory, the Generalissimo paid scant attention for several years to the seeds of Sovietism which sprouted and grew strong among Chinese in his wake...
...Grand Prize. He whirled, leaped into the air, vanished out the door, homeward bound to check his ticket number. It checked. He ran back through Avignon's narrow streets to the building where his mother is a janitress. Yipping, prancing and slapping himself, he yelled. "Mama, wake up! Wake up! We're rich!" As the other winners could have warned him. he was immediately surrounded by friends and neighbors, was buying round after round of drinks. Hours later he remembered he had not paid for the cup of coffee he was reaching for when he was still...