Word: shedding
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rainbow bending in the sky, Bedecked with sundry hues, Is like the seat of God on high And seems to tell the news That as thereby he promised To drown the world no more So by the blood which Christ hath shed. He will our health restore...
Senators, if you have tears prepare to shed them...
Crowds of laboring men and poorly dressed women cried "Good old Mac!" as the tall Laborite and Daughter Ishbel passed through the Customs shed in grimy Liverpool. There were more cheers at London's grimier Euston station. But there was no such spontaneous, frenzied welcome from all classes as crippled Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Snowden received when he brought home his piece of "Reparations Sponge Cake" from The Hague (TIME, Sept. 9). Mr. MacDonald was not "chaired" (carried in British triumph shoulder high) as was Mr. Snowden. In his empty hands he brought only Peace...
...sons shed glorious fame And win--or losing win--the fight...
Then came the Spanish American War in 1898. Classes were graduated early; that of 1898 two months ahead of schedule; 1899 nearly four months early. The war was short but vigorous, and the ultimate results shed more glory on the name of West Point. Elihu Root, then Secretary of War, in 1899 reported upon the Military Academy:--"I believe that the great services it has rendered the country were never more conspicuous than it has been during the past two years. The faithful and efficient services of its graduates since the declaration of war with Spain have more than repaid...