Word: dock
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...distifibed his belief in the applicability of his father's theories. A criminal was brought up for sentence, and instead of committing him forthwith to prison, the son of Charles Dickens found him a job and placed him on parole. Three months later the man was again in the dock. Sir Henry was disconsolate...
Hangars will not disappear. They will simply be fewer. The usual procedure in commercial dirigible operation will be to moor at the mast, but to maintain hangars nevertheless as a species of "dry dock," where ships will come at rare intervals for thorough overhauls. Since mooring masts are comparatively cheap, the economy realized will greatly facilitate commercial operation...
...year old son of my youngest sister arrived in the U. S. The New York American described him as 'tall, handsome, blond, his pink and white face smoothly shaven, . . . nattily attired in a pea-green suit.' It further stated that 'as he stepped off the dock he was effusively greeted by two comely and stylishly clothed young women.' Reporters called my nephew's attention to a newspaper headline which referred to me as 'War Lord.' Said he: 'I dislike to seem to criticize, but if you find it necessary to refer...
...Lord of the Admiralty* in the Labor Cabinet, submitted Admiralty views on the matter and it leaked out that the First Sea Lord, Admiral Lord Beatty, had threatened to resign. Ominous growls were heard. Then the news was published that the Government intended to send one of the floating docks, surrendered by Germany, to Singapore instead of building a costly graving dock. It became evident that the Government had not dropped the Singapore Base project, which Labor had been so prominent in denouncing. It was likewise assumed that Britain's most popular Admiral, Lord Beatty, would not resign...
There is an unrecorded event in the history of that famous ship, the "Nancy Brig". Apparently she last touched at Singapore, Malay Peninsula, somewhere cast of Sucz, and there she has remained. For no sooner did she dock than the cook and the captain bold, and the mate, and the bosun tight and the midshipmite and the crew of the captain's gig, all swarmed ashore, ordered a drink and became at once the president, secretary-treasurer, election committee and sole member of what was destined to be a famous organization. Became in fact, the Harvard Club of Singapore...