Word: skirmishers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Crispus Attucks, a giant mulatto, bobbed up as hero of the "Boston Massacre" (1770), was killed with four others in a skirmish of sailors against British soldiers...
There was no disorderly conduct in the Court room from anyone at the trial until an adjournment for lunch, and then in a skirmish of some who apparently wanted to get admittance into the Court Room to hear the trial, against the orders of the National Guards to keep everybody out, and in trying to break the lines some were shot...
Heralded by a brief skirmish in yesterday's news, a major encounter of the coming Congressional session is sure to be the struggle between President Roosevelt and supporters of the veteran's bonus. Although cynical observers predict a victory for the ex-doughboys by the margin of three star-doughboys by the margin of three star-spangled banners and one bloody shirt, more hopeful commentators on the situation feel that Roosevelt, with Congress so predominantly Democratic, might be able to check their exorbitant demands on the national treasury...
...eminently reasonable attitude. Six per cent on a billion or so will provide any little luxuries that the family may require, and an attempt to obtain more might encourage some unthinking persons to question the whole matter of private profit in wartime. Besides, the returns from the last international skirmish have probably left a small balance in the fraternal savings-bank account...
...President Roosevelt's tour of the Tennessee Valley this week was seen tonight as the first skirmish in the Administration's battle for cheaper electric rates to inspire public ownership of municipal utilities...