Word: mimic
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...ships will rendezvous at some New England port at the beginning of the summer. The first weeks will be spent cruising about from Portland, Me., to New York, dividing the vessels into two fleets for mimic warfare, and while lying at anchor, learning to lay mines, to handle the boats, and to overhaul the machinery...
...been on several occasions recently, no one can expect the management to render complete satisfaction to all concerned. On two or three Friday evenings within a month good lusty enthusiasm in the form of hearty singing and cheering has degenerated into unseemly contests of sugar throwing and mimic battles with bread. Such methods of expressing enthusiasm are quite beyond the bounds of gentlemanly conduct and are frowned upon by the majority of the members of the hall. However, in addition to annoying most of their fellow-diners and preventing the management from rendering its best service, these men who persist...