Word: glooming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Skulking behind the pillars of a public building on the main square of Ravenna was one Loopoldo Missiroli, Communist, eying the passersby. It was night, but through the gloom Communist Missiroli descried the forms of Ettore Mury, Commander of the 81st Legion of the Fascist Militia, and Renzo Morigi, Secretary of the local Fascisti. As they strolled by, conversing earnestly, Communist Missiroli drew a gun, fired, wound- ing Signer Mury in the stomach, Signer Morigi...
...warships threw out a smoke screen to hide the flashes of their guns. Bombardment be- gan under battle conditions. Cutting through the sea at full speed, the 850-ton destroyers Warabi and Ashi rode out to meet the "enemy," dashing fearlessly through the man-made fog. Out of the gloom rose of a sudden two ironclad monsters, the 6,000-ton cruisers Jintsu and Naka. Too late to turn, useless to reverse en- gines-into the hulking cruisers the tiny destroyers crashed with deaf- ening impact. In 15 minutes the Warabi was lying 60 fathoms beneath the surface...
...flying field. They wave goodbye, and, when the absent one returns, he finds them once more at the field, dock, or station, pre-.pared to clasp his hand. All four are sons of the King and Emperor George V; and neither storm nor snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these brothers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds...
Toward midnight four workmen were screwing down the coffin lid. "Wait! Stay a moment!" called a voice out of the gloom. The workmen started, then stepped back respectfully as the Governor-General and the President of the Irish Free State entered. The coffin lid was raised, and more candles were brought...
...existence has darted, one must know where the dynamic force of life has sparkled, and how, and why. All this eccentric and scattered heat produces the energy which makes a country flourish and grow strong. The huge engines of government are powered by insignificant fires, lighting a far-away gloom. In charting these fires history differs from documents, becomes imaginative literature...