Word: cannoneers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...July an unforeseen situation [the assassination of Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria] developed which was similar to that which prevailed in 1914. If we had not sent our divisions to the frontier, complications might have resulted that could not have been settled save by the voice of cannon...
...green hold up white cotton stalks. King Mumbra is now a house servant. The White Mistress tells the story of Moses in Egypt. A rifle sounds. The lights flash back to the cotton field. The chorus sings "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen'' against a mounting counterpoint of cannon roar. "John Brown's Body" alternates with "Dixie." A clash of cymbals brings sudden silence. A Negro Abraham Lincoln reads excerpts from the Emancipation Proclamation. From the cotton fields the crouching figures straighten up to sing ''Rise, Shine, Give God the Glory...
...count of four," said the demonstrator. "I'll release the switch that fires the cannon. On the translucent screen you'll see the bullet just as it strikes the wire...
Bound for the International Anti-Alcohol Congress in London, Bishop James Cannon Jr. docked at Plymouth, declared one bottle of whiskey. "For demonstration purposes only." he explained...
...onetime Cossack trooper, riding as King of Kings in a limousine upholstered in champagne-colored silk with gold and jeweled Persian crowns in bas-relief upon each door. Turkish artillery honored His Majesty at the frontier with a salute from enlightened President Mustafa Kemal Pasha's best European cannon...