Word: directe
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Seven Martin bombers at an altitude of 3,000 feet attacked the Virginia with 1,100-lb. bombs. Eleven missiles were dropped. All except two fell within 300 feet of the ship. One, the fourth, made a direct hit, sweeping away the basket mast and all three funnels. Within half an hour from the time the first bomb was dropped the Virginia turned turtle and went down, stern first. It was then apparent that severe damage had been done within the hull...
...coup de grace was administered to the New Jersey, which still remained afloat. Three 2,000-lb. bombs from 3,000-ft. altitude effectively disposed of her. One of them made a direct hit. Within six minutes she sank by the stern and the demonstration was finished...
...rule of this land with the fullest powers. His Excellency, the Chief Commander of the Italian Navy and Army, already has notified you of the object of this peaceful occupation. The customary routine of public and private life here will continue to proceed peacefully under the aegis of Italy, direct heiress of the great Latin civilizations, with only such limitations as may hereafter be imposed by circumstances. I have the utmost confidence that his order will be wisely observed by all, thus avoiding the necessity of using force...
...returned after her second New York season, and Vienna greeted her with a tremendous ovation. Her feud with the tenor assumed larger proportions. The first excitement came when he refused to sing a performance of La Tosca with her in May. The composer, Puccini, had come to Vienna to direct his Manon Lescaut. He took a hand in the disturbance, effected a partial reconciliation between the angry singers. They appeared in La Tosca together...
Confirmed visitors to the Italian galleries, particularly in Venice and Florence, have been surprised in the last year or two at the marked improvements both in arrangement and condition of the paintings since the War. This progress has been a direct outcome of the policy of the Italian Government, stimulated by the menace to her art treasure imposed by the War. After the first Austrian bombardment of Venice, all her movable paintings were removed to the cities farther south and stored in vaults, while the immovable frescoes were piled high with sandbags. The canvases were found in serious decay, after...