Word: anchored
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...glittering pageant of an Admiralty Court-martial unfolded, last week, upon His Majesty's aircraft carrier Eagle as she rode at anchor, huge, grim and ominous, in the harbor of Gibraltar...
...ususal manner cuts an impressive figure as Spike Madden, the chief mate of a merchantman, does not, exactly speaking, have a girl in every port. But at least he makes strenuous efforts--with the aid of his little address book--to find one at every place his ship drops anchor. Obviously, this quest, made fruitless by the activities of another sailor who precedes him by a day or so in each port of call, does not make for unity of plot. In fact the picture is a series of episodes admirably hung together...
...quintet as it relayed with M.I.T., he said that it showed possibilities for the future. Giving the Crimson a slight lead over the engineers, W.M. Dow '29 passed the baton F.E. Cummings '30, who handed a 30 yard lead to W.C. Peet '28. V.L. Hennessey '80 was the Harvard anchor man facing Captain C.B. Meagher, who gave everything he had for the engineers, cutting down the lead steadily as the bell sounded for the final lap. Feeling his rival at his shoulder Hennessey gave one last spurt, and crossed the line, defeating Meagher by about 12 inches. The race...
Beribboned, bedraped, the interior of Grand Central Palace, Manhattan, last week went drydock. A 62 foot Elco cruiser, biggest boat of the show, rumbled up to the doors and towered at anchor. A 30,000 pound Diesel engine arrived and sat solemnly in one corner. Propellers, pennants, anchors, gyroscopes, all manner of gadgets ranged themselves agreeably on the shelves. The 23rd annual Motor Boat Show was declared open...
Nearing shore in the midafternoon, a seaplane, like a dove of peace, was loosed from the Texas. Cuban planes swept out to meet it. All ships in the harbor tied their whistles open. In steamed the Texas and dropped anchor near to where the Maine was blown...