Word: refitment
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Oglala", flagship of a mine squadron which played an important part in laying the North Sea Mine Barrage during the World War, is now in the Navy Yard, undergoing repairs to refit it for service in the U. S. Navy...
...shovel and told to pursue the tasks which he had so often assigned to others. Warden Snook, however, does not believe in asking unusual tasks of his guests, for, as he says himself in the official prison magazine, Good Words: "This is an ideal place for men to refit morally and physically for the battle of life," and "no man is asked or expected to work beyond his capacity or to injure himself by overdoing things. . . . Hot supper is served to every newcomer, and then a shower bath and bed for a good night's rest in warmth...
...Thanksgiving Day one of the best boxing shows witnessed hereabouts in recent years. . . . The initial bout brought together two fast and talented colored boys, Jackson and Lawrence. . . . Addison and Madison, two colored welters, followed and swapped punches through four lively rounds. . . . This is an ideal place for men to refit morally and physically for the battle of life and go home brimful of health and vitality...
...remembered, conditions had to be exactly right; the sea could not be too choppy, yet there had to be enough wind to make it a race. If the weather kicked up rough at all, one or the other of the boats would carry away a topmast and have to refit...