Word: proceeds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kestrel, based at New London, when we received orders to proceed to Block Island. There we carried the Commandant of the Second Naval District, Captain Bryan (?), out to the Texas which was surprisingly close to the shore. For the next few days, armed with our "formidable" Three-Pounder, we patrolled the waters-or, as an Army friend put it, we "kept ourselves safe for democracy...
...interesting, also to see what he writers of our "purpose" on earth: as to the ultimate purpose of human existence, he is at a loss, though he does say that Science, far from eliminating the supreme Life-giver, tries to proceed hand in hand with Him. "Is it reasonable to regard a painting as nothing but paint and canvas, a poem or mathematical proposition as nothing but ink and paper...
...mechanical engineers of middle age, Mr. Schwab's doctrines had a further significance. Those men could recall the bloody Homestead Strike of 1892 when Mr. Schwab, then one of the late Andrew Carnegie's "young men" and a superintendent of the Carnegie Steel Co., was obliged to proceed violently against the steel employes. The company had ordered wages reduced. The workmen refused to work for less money and took possession of the steel 'works. The company hired Pinkerton detectives who, armed with Winchester rifles, came up the Ohio River on two barges. The workmen threw up barricades...
...seven months since the new Mayor, in his official inaugural address, declared his intention, though he has no proper jurisdiction over the schools, to proceed to oust the superintendent...
...honorable members apparently do not desire the debate to proceed under the standing orders, I adjourn the House." Once more the mace was removed and once more the M. P.'s trooped out. As Mr. Baldwin walked out there were hisses and booes and cries of "coward...