Word: shell
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...such luck befell the swift Crimson eight which, sleepless from a night of meticulous proofreading, after the nine tussle was forced to row the Olympic half-mile sprint course on a wind-whipped Charles against a tenman 'Poon shell, powered by a small auxiliary marine engine imported from Japan...
...from the rocks and dismantled the breeches buoy, the 'Poon had picked up a commanding lead, but ignoring the water now lapping into their boat, the surviving editors raised their stroke to an unprecedented 12, and had once again caught the 'Poon when, passing beneath the Weeks bridge, the shell was struck and sunk by a would-be suicide, finally allowing the 'Poon to win by a mere two lengths over the 23-cable-length course...
There is no plot, but between the battle scenes, four sailors team up to swap patriotic cliches and stale jokes. But the boys are never too busy to suffer for their country. One burns his hands on hot shell cases after loosing his asbestos gloves, and another dies when the ship rams a submarine. It is not clear just why he dies since everyone else on board is, at worst, merely shaken...
Perenially fashionable coral beads and shell jewelry always seem to combine perfectly with summer fashions...
...after he had taken over the Korean command from General Ridgway, it was evident that the Korean people have taken to Van Fleet's simple friendliness-and military bluntness-as eagerly as did the Greeks. On the anniversary, some 40,000 drizzle-soaked Koreans lined Seoul's shell-cratered streets, waving flags and shouting "Long live Van Fleet!" as the general passed by in an open jeep. Beaming, Van Fleet accepted a small Korean flag from a school child in the crowd, rode the remainder of the route waving the flag. At a reception, President Syngman Rhee presented...