Word: quay
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...room in which Count Csáky stood represented only a small part of the detailed workmanship and great wealth that had been poured into Hungary's impressive Houses of Parliament. Standing on the Rudolph Quay in Pest (i.e., on the left bank of the Danube, the flat half of Budapest), this 19th-Century, Gothic-style building ranks as one of the largest legislative palaces of the world. It cost $8,000,000, covers four-and-one-half acres, has a dome 315 feet high. It was intended, when built, to show Hungary's importance, but after World...
...Ferdinand and Sophie again entered their car (see cut, right), he was informed that Chabrinovitch had been collared by police in the dry river bed. "Hang him as soon as you can," he exclaimed bitterly, "or else Vienna will send him a decoration." The procession started back up the quay. Nobody had remembered to tell the chauffeurs about the change of plans. The hour was about...
Meanwhile Gavrilo Princip had crossed the quay and regained his courage. The first car turned the corner right in front of him. The Archduke's car started to turn also. General Potiorek called: "That's the wrong way. Drive straight down the Appel Quay." The driver put on the brakes. The car came to a full stop in front of Princip...
Sarajevo nestles between the hills in the valley of the Miljachka River. Its main thoroughfare, the Appel Quay, follows the river bank. The domes and minarets of Sarajevo's 100 mosques gleamed white in the rain-washed air as the procession started up the quay toward the Town Hall...
...Christmas Eve a happy knot of womenfolk on a quay in Halifax had the U. S. Liner American Farmer to thank that their men were home to tell the tale of what happened when heavy weather struck the venturesome Nova Scotian three-master Fieldwood, bound from Hawkesbury, N. S. for Barbados. Two days out the pumps broke down. Water poured in through the racked hull to disable auxiliary engine and radio. Soon the captain, his crew of six and their mascot bulldog, Yummie, were marooned on the deck of the water-logged ship...