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Word: quay (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Transports were combat-loaded, i.e., "backwards," kitchen gear put aboard first because it probably would be needed last; assault vehicles loaded last so they would be on top and could be spewed out onto the grey ships. On the quay stood a few tight knots of women. The men were the ist Provisional Marine Brigade, well-trained and well-equipped but fewer than 5,000 strong. Their commander told them: "There will be casualties among you." At week's end, heavily convoyed, the expedition departed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: Where Do We Go From Here? | 7/24/1950 | See Source »

Also Charles Lawrence Mandelstam '49; William Cabot Martin '48; Richard David Mattuck '49; Wilbur Brooks Quay '50; Francis Dennis Smith '50; and Charles Herbert Tilly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Phi Bete Elects 21 New Members | 4/20/1950 | See Source »

When the boat bearing the monstrous cheese docked at Glasgow in the fall of 1881, hundreds of cheering Scots lined the quay. Hundreds more pushed and shoved their way into Thomas Lipton's produce store on High Street when it went on display there. A few days later, tall, rawboned Owner Lipton had another thought: Why not hide gold pieces in the cheese and let the public know it? When the cheese was finally sliced up and sold on Christmas Eve, Glasgow shoppers mobbed the store, bought up every crumb of Lipton's "Jumbo" in two hours...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Tea as in Thomas | 2/13/1950 | See Source »

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