Word: leathernecks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sent Colonel Charles F. B. Price to visit the Japanese commander and tell him to get his men out. The Marine officers had to do a good deal of bellowing and bristling to get to the Japanese commander. "You are practically invading the United States defense sector!" yelled monolingual Leatherneck Price, thus whooping the word "INVASION!" into a thousand scareheads. "You must withdraw immediately...
...wrong man: a gambler, a roué, diseased. To her family Nasa put up a falsetto front, but when her husband divorced her about the time the U. S. declared war on Germany, she went to Manhattan, amused herself with many a departing soldier, gob and leatherneck. She further amused herself by sending her ex-husband a memento of each occasion. When her mother began to die, Nasa went home. As you leave her she has not taken on anybody new, but there is someone in the offing...
...first half the Marines met strong opposition at the hands of the Harvard players, and in spite of the score, the quality of play on both sides was very high. At no time-during the match did the leatherneck have things entirely their own way, while the game was throughout a good exhibition for both teams...