Word: rails
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...seats in the recent elections. But in spite of this, Gabriele d'Annunzio seems to be able to do what he likes with the army, whether the government likes it or not. To a more outsider it would seem a poor time for an Italian Premier to rail at Italy's allies for falling to support Italy's annexationist claims, and at the same time to ask for raw materials from America...
...result of the high cost of rail transportation, coupled with advanced parlor and observation car rates, the Harvard Club of Boston has decided not to run the usual special train to New London for the boat race with Yale. The decision to cancel the train was reached by the transportation committee of the club because the demand for accommodations was unusually light this spring. This is the first time in many years that the Harvard club will not have special transportation facilities. The Harvard Club train is not to be confused with the official train which is being run under...
That the summer term of the Engineering School will be held in Cambridge this year instead of at the Squam Lake camp has been made apparent by a recent statement of Professor H. J. Hughes, Dean of the Engineering School, He announced that a new course in rail-road and topographic surveying would be offered at the summer session of the Engineering School in Cambridge. In commenting further Professor Hughes said that while no definite decision had yet been reached in regard to the summer camp, it would probably not be opened until next year...
...like all those who face the footlights, he must also face the music. In the Lampoon the strains are gentle and pleasing, without "Life's" harshness; yet they have a penetrating power peculiar to their composers, as in the case of his Excellency with one foot on the rail...
When General Maude took command of the army of the Tigris, some months after the fall of Kut-el-Amara, he found that the most difficult problem facing him as he planned his advanced on Bagdad was the absolute lack of an effective system of rail communication. It was this condition which prevented the relief of Kut during the winter of 1916, the river transportation proving inadequate. Under the direction of the new commander a complete railroad system was built from the Persian Gulf to Amara, and in addition the British Army was reorganized on a basis superior to that...