Possible Clues:

• 'Once There Was ___' (Steinbeck book)
• Wage ___ of words
• 'What if they gave ___ ...'
• Wage — of words
• 'What if they gave ___...'
• 'Suppose they gave ___ and nobody came?'
• 'I'll raise the preparation of ___': Mark Antony
• Wage -- of words
• "The quickest way of ending __ is to lose it": Orwell
• Start ___ (be extremely aggressive)