Word: roughness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...reached his present eminence last July, is something new in police chiefs. He does not believe in violence. He is supposed to have used his night stick only twice in his career. Says he: "The day of the bully is done. The day of the treat-'em-rough policeman is over. We must so conduct ourselves, in our relations with the public, that we shall be regarded as public servants who know the rules of courtesy as well as the means of capturing a criminal." The "third degree" (arm-twisting, dazzling with a light, beating with a hose...
...radio signal to other ships meaning "everybody listen." An hour later he sent SOS giving his position. To New York office of Lamport & Holt Line he reported: "During the night developed 32-degree list. Starboard decks under water. Ship lying on beam-ends. Impossible to proceed anywhere. Sea moderately rough...
...time governed by rules, tripping, striking, hacking, lurking or butting thereafter prohibited. The players were driven off the Common by an order of the City Fathers on petition of a few unsympathetic citizens of Cambridge, in May, 1873, at which time the game was transferred to Holmes Field, a rough, uneven place, at that time unused for anything. Goal posts were ereected at a cost...
Instead of proverbial rollicking freedom, rhythmic sea-chanteys, rough cammeraderie of the sea, Blettsworthy, supercargo, found ship's quarters confining, and ship's officers hostile. The horizon, interminably empty, offered no distractions from his recent troubles; the officers, continually quarreling, added to the gloom. The captain, who by all standards of sea-lore should have concealed a heart of gold beneath his rough exterior, revealed, by persistent bullying, his petulant nature. Moreover he consumed his soup with a sibilant hiss. Blettsworthy, mimicking him, incurred a wrath that culminated horribly: the ship was wrecked off the stormy Patagonian coast...
...understood that the roadbed of the bridge will be reconditioned and resurfaced, transforming the present rough street into a smooth roadway. Officials of the public works department announce that the bridge during the time of repairing will be closed to vehicle traffic only; the closing does not effect pedestrians...