Word: dock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...DRIFT NETS BACK IN THE DOCK...
...gray plane with a large red dot on the fuselage fly past, and a corpsman shouted, "The Japs are bombing us!" A bomb hit the destroyer Shaw in dry dock, and the concussion broke windowpanes in the hospital and blew our clothes and hair as if we were in a tornado...
...were given credit for shooting down the first Japanese aircraft of the war. One of our old blunderbuss antiaircraft guns lined up one of the planes and hit him. A bomb hit near two destroyers in dry dock. Their seams opened % up, their oil drained out and caught fire, their magazines went off. They were cremated...
...indictment with extorting money and services in exchange for official favors. Federal prosecutors claim that he tapped developers, architects and unions. His most serious offense was an alleged demand of $35,000 from David Paul, former chairman of CenTrust Savings Bank, in return for approval to build a private dock at Paul's home on La Gorce Island. Daoud, who professes his innocence, is the third mayor in Dade County to be indicted or convicted for corruption in two years. Although he already planned to step down later this month, Daoud was immediately suspended from office by Governor Lawton Chiles...
...good. More than 500 workers -- mostly waitresses, croupiers and maintenance staff -- were employed for Emerald Lady's launching, and Fort Madison has benefited from the 40% rise in tourist information requests statewide. Local officials trust that their investment will be covered by the ship's dock fees, a 0.5% tax on gross gambling receipts and a 50 cents charge the town levies on each passenger. "The boat is breathing new life and enthusiasm into the town," says Father Robert McAleer of St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church. "There's exuberance over something...