Word: berthing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Presently the Mary's new sistership, the Queen Elizabeth, quietly slipped into the berth beside her. Later the Mary's cabins were stripped, rugs and furniture (now irreplaceable) were packed and stored. Her bulkheads were taken down to make room for troops...
Comfortable Berth. Ramrod-straight and hickory-tough at 63, Duke Sam thinks that hard work and perseverance are often a hindrance to success; hard workers may be too busy to meet the right people. He feels that if he had not been captain of the Yale '07 football team, he would not have met Templeton Crocker (Yale '08), who introduced him to his grandfather, California Banker William H. Crocker. Young Sam was hired to liquidate Crocker's corporate catchall which owned, among other things, the Monterey Peninsula. While liquidating it, young Morse formed a San Francisco syndicate...
...ensigns dipped in respectful greeting. On the quarter-deck of the Vanguard the Royal Family stood once again, berry-brown and beaming at the end of their 14,000-mile, three-month trip. As the great, grey battleship that had carried them so far slid gracefully into her home berth once more, Princess Elizabeth was so excited that she broke into a dance step. "Oh," cried a dockside onlooker, as the Duke of Gloucester went bounding up the gangplank to greet his relatives, "it's good to have them back...
Britannia's pride took a beating as the waves ruled. The liner Mauretania, refurbished for the transatlantic run, was caught in the storm during her trial run. Unable to berth because of the rolling waves in the Mersey River, the big (35,000 tons) Mauretania was stranded for four days off Liverpool, while her 400 guests fretted. Among the passengers was Sir Alexander Maxwell, head of the Government's Tourist Board, who missed 14 meetings at which he was to speak on the joys of travel on British ships. The undamaged Mauretania (she is due in New York...
...social sciences on a mixture of grades, thesis, and tutorial. But the variations of awards among allied fields precludes explaining the problem solely in these terms. Whether a degree with honors should indicate individual, original work, or a flawless record along a prescribed schedule, the student seeking a graduate berth urgently needs a reappraisal of this higher distinction--be it a significant award or a departmental fluke...