Word: department
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ships departed with light fuselages tucked in their bottoms, heavy tanks lashed to their decks. Army explanation: commanding officers wanted first things first on unloading. Waterfront men said that some of the top-heavy freighters they saw depart would never have to be unloaded if the vessels were hit by a hurricane...
...handful of West Coast welders packed their bags last week and got ready to depart for Hawaii. They figured that it was the only way out of their pickle...
...Crimson blew a 14 to 4 lead, built up by the second stringers, to fall 31 to 27 before Cornell's Big Red. Coach Earl Brown pulled some surprise strategy in starting the second team, but the first five had an "off" night and permitted the Ithacans to depart with a four point victory...
Gaudy, luxurious, exciting Shanghai, as for years its rich International Settlement thought of it, last week fast approached its end. For President Roosevelt ordered the 750 men of the Fourth U.S. Marines to depart. That order said very simply that war between Japan and the U.S. was very close. An order to stay might mean death to the Marines fighting against hopeless odds. The order to depart meant death for the International Settlement...
...second act (there are only two), more of the same goes on-a little dancing, a lot of talk, some of it pretty rhythmic and highfalutin, but nothing much happens. At the end the characters depart to the sound of tolling bells. Jim Dandy, the last to leave, invites his soul by banging all the keys of the cash register, then stalks out with an enigmatic smile...