Word: mustering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...unprepared the Navy was to fight a war in the first days of 1942; how versatile the Navy has become in two years of war. In 24 months this single new branch has grown into an organization of 262,000 men - more men than the entire prewar Navy could muster...
...sergeant at arms, paunchy and greying, saluted, about-faced, marched to the back of the hall with all the military bearing he could muster. He peeked outside the door. Having thus ascertained what everybody in the hall already knew, he returned to the stage...
There was some discussion as to just why that canine was barking so petulantly at Jawn Harvard the other morning during muster, and the best explanation seems to be that they tried to pass off another mutton bone on him at the Union. If he'd had a little more time he'd probably have had all the student officers barking with...
...overhanging boulders and ledges. In the morning, mists backed by fresh winds sweep swiftly across the hillsides, casing them in pale blues. Villages hang precariously, hacked out of pure stone. In such surroundings, only local power and force can hold sway; only the number of rifles a tribe can muster means anything. It is no wonder that Suleiman, as a slim youth tending his master's flocks, dreamed godlike visions in these hills. This dream and the native understanding that only power counts is what set him on his vicious trail of plunder, loot and robbery, brought him dubious...
What's most important, there won't be a muster; but if you aren't present you will be marked "absent" on the fun to be provided by this "jam-up" program...