Word: marooning
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More than 20,000 British troops in maroon berets clamped a cordon around Tel-Aviv, flower of Zionism, while patrol boats sealed the harbor. The all-Jewish population of 200,000 was put tinder a 22-hour curfew. Then the troops moved in with tanks and armored cars, and searched every house, every person for evidence of terrorist activity. In Tel-Aviv hospitals, army doctors X-rayed plaster casts to make sure their wearers were not faking...
...pageantry lends dignity and weight to the Parliamentary procedure and is followed faithfully. No one enters the glistening maroon and green House of Commons (formerly the home of the House of Lords) until the be-wigged speaker of the House, escorted by the traditional footman, and the Sergeant at Arms of the House bearing the huge gold mace enter the chamber. The members quickly take their seats in the rectangular room, the Labour members filling one side of seats, and the opposition parties the other directly opposite them. There are no desks or benches as we are accustomed...
Planes zoomed overhead, but only the hunch-players were reminded of a 50-to-1 shot called Airborne. There was a hush as three stately maroon Daimlers rolled up the track to leave their passengers at the Royal Box. The whisper "They're off!" sounded as it always...
Sanctioned solely by Harvard's good Deans. --Letter in the Chicago Maroon...
...maroon collar tabs and swagger stick exchanged for the traditional black morning coat, Sir Stewart is back in the operating theaters and wards of St. George's Hospital. Stored away with King George's decoration is the Nettleship Medal for three years' original experimental work in ophthalmology. This June Sir Stewart will visit San Francisco to receive the Howe Medal, top U.S. decoration for ophthalmology...