Word: groaning
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...first active service, and I regret to say were rather cracking under the strain of the long runs on these terrible roads with the new nervous tension of carrying real wounded who groan and cry out at every bump. Henry had left the front, where we are stationed, and gone back to our base, when a Boche avion passed over the camp and dropped four bombs on it. When the first fell Henry hurried out to see if any one was hurt, and, as he left the tent, was struck by an eclat from the second which made a ghastly...
...groan that went up when the dates of the Christmas holidays were first announced, subside. The student body murmured; the CRIMSON thundered; the Faculty recommended; and the Corporation voted. As a result the Christmas vacation this year will extend from December 21st to January 4th, inclusive, a day being added at each end by the thoughtful action of the Faculty...