Word: area
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...nearly as can be made out from the newspaper accounts, the completely ruined area is the poorer, northern section of Halifax, called Richmond, lying along the Narrows for a mile and a quarter, and extending inland half a mile. But for a half mile further south--toward the centre of the town--and inland, the destruction is only less complete. And still another three-quarters of a mile of wharves and warehouses is badly shattered. The waterfront laid waste is equal in extent to that of Boston from the South Station around to the North Station, and across Charlestown...
...connection with the use of this species of weapon is, of course, out of the question. As regards the employment of her submarines, Germany, instead of withholding her threat until the moment of capture, as is the British practice, gives warning in advance that any vessel entering the prescribed area does so at its own risk. At the same time she mitigates the rigor of this decree by providing a restricted sea-lane which may be used by American passenger vessels with impunity. This restriction constitutes, to be sure, a decided handicap; but one can only ask: "What regard...
Because on May 4, 1916, the German Government replied that 'in accordance with the general principles of visit and search and the destruction of merchant vessels recognized by international law such vessels, both within and without the area declared a naval war zone, shall not be sunk without warning and without saving human lives unless the ship attempts to escape or offer resistance...
Compared with this problem, rehabilitation of the wasted area will be a comparatively simple matter, one which will require work rather than an economic solution...
...problems, accompanied by topographic maps of the area to be developed, were given out early in December, and the drawings were submitted on December 20. The competition was open to all students of the Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, who are taking Landscape Architecture 2 and Landscape Architecture...