Word: area
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...serious riot occurred. . . . This area contains thousands of brickbats and these were used by the rioters in their attack upon the police. ... It 'will be impossible to maintain law & order except by the free use of firearms which will make the situation a dangerous one. The presence of Federal troops will result in far less violence and bloodshed...
...will have United States troops proceed immediately to the scene of the disorder. Surround the affected area and clear it without delay. . . . Any women and children should be accorded every consideration and kindness. Use all humanity consistent with the execution of this order...
...Through its fat fields, between its teeming towns, over and around its coal-laden mountains criss-cross some 57,000 miles of trackage (one-fifth of the nation's total) valued at ten billion dollars (almost one-half the nation's total). Three hundred lines, long & short, in this area serve 52 million people, bind together eight of the ten largest U. S. cities, with shiny roadways to the sea and world markets. For generations this empire has been a battleground wherein corporate giants fought for dominance by fair means and foul. To it last week came a truce, perhaps...
Pennsylvania, with 31½% of the area's total trackage, pushes out to Kansas City and Omaha, gets a new Buffalo-Detroit-Chicago-St. Louis link with Wabash. With Norfolk & Western it taps the Pocahontas coal fields, gains a new port to the South. Detroit, Toledo & Ironton forms a useful North-South connection for its main stems...
...good measure the Dail voted numerous extraordinary powers to the Government before finally adjourning. "I will guarantee that these powers will not be abused," promised Mr. De Valera. "We are not anxious to extend the area of friction and this friction was not caused...