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The archduke's bullet starts a war, the president's bullet ushers in an age of turmoil, unrest, but the former farmer's bullet only initiates the tears of a few women in Kansas who will, in time, forget him.
The Morality of Physics 101 - an elective James Lloyd Davis 2011
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Russia certainly played a larger role than is generally credited in the July Crisis that followed the archduke's assassination.
Ambition in the East 2011
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The archduke's been assassinated, and his only son, Alek, is on the run in a Clanker, one of the steam-powered machines favored by the Austrians and Germans.
Archive 2009-12-20 Bill Crider 2009
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Gazing through the aperture, they perceived not many feet below what had once been the castle ditch, now dry, and forming a portion of the archduke's gardens.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 341, March, 1844 Various
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We must, however, realize that, in spite of the archduke's good intentions, the promises made at the peace of Arras were not kept, that the States General were only twice assembled and that all the political guarantees obtained by the patriots from Farnese were disregarded.
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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On the archduke's refusal to conclude peace, the Ghent deputies, reverting to the project of the
Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Emile Cammaerts 1915
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Wyznica, which here extended the Russian defensive line westward, was occupied by the archduke's forces on Mackensen's left on the
The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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This army had therefore to retire northward to the river line of the Tanev stream, cautiously followed by the archduke's forces.
The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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A bomb, hurled from a roof, fell into the archduke's car; he caught it and threw it to the pavement, where it exploded, doing no damage to either him or his wife, but injuring two adjutants in the car following.
The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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The archduke's front was smashed at Rudnik early in June, 1915; his forces were driven back a day's march and lost 4,000 men in prisoners, besides many guns.
The Story of the Great War, Volume V (of 12) Neuve Chapelle, Battle of Ypres, Przemysl, Mazurian Lakes Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902
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