Word: narragansetts
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
MARGARET P. MOORE Narragansett...
...period of not less than two months at least once a year." (That meant that Roosevelt economy would not, as widely feared, curtail the Navy's war games.) "To further the development of two main home bases on each coast." (That meant that, on the Atlantic, Norfolk and Narragansett Bay and, on the Pacific, Mare Island at San Francisco and Bremerton near Seattle would probably be developed as the major navy yards at the expense of other shore stations.) What made Secretary Swanson's Policy Sheet mean more than it said was the man himself. As the longtime...
...Neither the much discussed New York or Boston harbor and navy yard is designed or equipped to act as a fleet base," the Admiral declared. "Naval opinion is and has long been unanimous that Narragansett Bay, with Block Island for its Helgoland, with one of the finest harbors in the world, and located farthest East, towards any possible enemy's lines, is the logical base...
Twenty-seven warships, like large grey mice, crept out of Narragansett Bay early last week and headed southwest into a grey squall. At their head was the new cruiser Chester flying the three-starred flag of Vice Admiral George Ralph Marvell. Aboard the 27 ships of the Navy's scouting force were 5,000 officers and men. Also aboard was gloom, for behind them in Newport were their wives and many a sweetheart. Forty miles to Long Island's tip slowly steamed the fleet, to drop anchor in Fort Pond Bay, sheltered by the curve of Montauk Point...
...distinction: "Chink," "Mick." "Wop." "Dago," "Nigger." and "wench" are words invented by Anglo-Saxons for derisive application to non-Anglo-Saxons. But Anglo-Saxons learned from Indians to call Indian women "squaws." Squaw is the Narragansett (and Algonquin) Indian word meaning "a female" just as sannnp means a male Indian, a brave. TIME will continue using "squaw." with no derision intended or conveyed...