Word: escorted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...President's arrival at Dublin was even more imposing. Thousands of Irish crowded the streets to welcome him home. Military, police and civilian bands, an escort of 100 automobiles and a large force of military police formed themselves into a great procession which wended its way through the beflagged capital to the cheers of the populace...
Explaining the procedure of expulsion the bulletin continues: " In the occupied regions, when a man is ordered to leave, he is taken to the border under a military escort. His family, however, is granted a four days' respite. According to instructions issued on April 9 by the Commander-in-Chief, ' if the wife or any child of the expelled man is sick, the family is allowed to stay until complete recovery.' It is emphatically denied that some people had to leave on a 10 minutes' or on even a 12 hours' notice...
...Yankton won her real fame as a United States gunboat. At the beginning of the Spanish-American War the Government bought her, and she received her baptism of fire from the Spanish batteries in Cuba. After the war she used to escort the fleet southward on its annual maneuvers or chase about protecting our interests in the revolution-burdened countries of South America. The Yankton led the way as guide boat when Admiral Evans took our fleet upon its famous cruise around the world. Her last official service was as a despatch boat in the World...
...help for the wholesale cloak checking. Between these two sources of delay only a few hundred people got into the auditorium. The crowd grew restive, as excitable Italian crowds will. Then two young soldiers straight from the provinces searched a beautiful lady in such fashion that she and her escort grew furious. A fight started, and the crowd got more excited. At this critical moment Toscannini, who pays attention to nothing save his orchestra score, walked down in front of the orchestra, raised his baton, and began the first notes of Verdi's Otello. Immediately, according to his orders...
...preparation for the exercise the Senior class of Technology marched as an escort for the new president from his home in Cambridge to Horticultural Hall, where the delegates from other colleges and members of the faculty were forming. On the stroke of 11 the procession started across Massachusetts Avenue to the front entrance of Symphony Hall. The guests, who numbered more than 200, then marched up the aisles to the stage. Since all were attired in academic dress, the procession made a striking spectacle, with the red, yellow, blue, and green hoods-contrasting brilliantly with the black caps and gowns...