Word: mustering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Army also announced that it would muster out the famed 4th Field Artillery Battalion (Pack), which, with its 125 horses and mules, was created in 1907 for mountain and jungle fighting, saw action in World War II (Burma, Italy). Replacing the Army mule: the experimental 4th Airphibious Field Artillery Firing Unit-a helicopter group...
...made upon his government. He refused to bring former Premier Imre Nagy back into the government. He could not see his way clear to allowing the establishment of more political parties "under prevailing circumstances." (His own Communist Party, under a new name, the Socialist Workers, had been unable to muster a quorum at some meetings, and in the Csepel metalworks, once known as "Red Csepel," the party has so far enrolled only 360 out of 38,000 workers...
When the roll was finally called at 2:30 in the morning, 64 nations voted in favor of Dulles' resolution. Six nations, including a troubled Canada, abstained. Britain, France and Israel could muster up only two other votes-Australia and New Zealand-against the ceasefire...
...addition, the home atmosphere of the house facilitates close contact with the Faculty members invited to special dinners. Seated around tables of six or in front living room fireplaces, section men can tell their favorite stories that could never pass muster in the parlors of Cabot or Holmes...
...survivors, and prepared to hurry off again that same night towards France. Some 30 of the survivors were gently carried on stretchers from the ship's infirmary down a gangway to waiting ambulances. On the fantail a weeping Andrea Doria officer called 100 men to a last muster. Commented lie de France's Captain de Beaudean: "Altogether, it was like being back in the war years." Ninety minutes later Cape Ann, no less a hero, docked at Andrea Doria's pier with 129 survivors. In Brooklyn Thomas arrived with 150-odd, Allen with...