Word: charlestoning
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Like almost everything he does, Secretary Wilbur's ordering of Marines last week aroused criticism. Why had adequate reinforcements not been kept ready somewhere near Nicaragua? Of the 1,400 men embarking, 500 were at San Diego, Calif.; the rest had to be collected from Charleston, S. C., Hampton Roads, Va., Philadelphia and even Brooklyn. Congressmen agitated the broader question of whether or not "war" existed and was justified in Nicaragua. Defenders of the Administration sidetracked embarrassing resolutions (see THE CONGRESS). But Congress could not silence embarrassing remarks by citizens such as one Harold Leavey of Brooklyn...
PORGY?In the negro district of Charleston murder is committed...
PORGY-Negro song and dance, sin and sunshine along the docks of Charleston...
PORGY?Negro laughter and death along the Charleston docks...
PORGY?A crippled Negro's love along the docks of Charleston...