Word: dock
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...single artistic achievement of this book is the subtle suggestion of war that runs through it. From the first poem, in which we come to the river-dock at day-break, to the last poem, in which we rise before dawn to take an early train away from the ancient city, there is the quiet echo of fighting that is more impressive for its quietness...
...first applied for permission to accompany the Indian troops to Flanders, we were firmly refused. However, we went to Bombay to be on hand when the transports were sailing. A division of troops, who had been flooded out of their regular quarters, had sought temporary shelter in a dock shed in most unsanitary, immoral conditions. The men were getting sick. The commandant wired headquarters for advice. Back came the laconic message: "Consult Y. M. C. A.," and before night the first 'army hut' and the germ of the entire system was started. When it came time to sail the association...
...show the rapid march of events in England, Mr. Lansbury described the Dublin transport workers' strike. It has marked as important and as definite an epoch in the industrial history of England as did the great dock-workers' strike of the nineties, which heralded the birth of the new unionism. Its effect has been to make Catholics and Ulstermen, in Belfast and Dublin, forget their religious and racial animosities, and join in the struggle for industrial emancipation...
...addition to the two observation trains which will be run along the course for the university and freshman races, there will also be service on a number of boat lines for the university race in the afternoon. The steamer Richard Peck will leave New Haven from Belle Dock at 10.30 A. M. to anchor as near the finish of the university race as possible, returning immediately after the race. Fares...
...addition to the two observation trains which will be run along the course for the university and freshman races, there will also be service on a number of boat lines for the university race in the afternoon. The steamer Richard Peck will leave New Haven from Belle Dock at 10.30 A. M. to anchor as near the finish of the university race as possible, returning immediately after the race. Fares...