Word: dug
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...that, although the business editors admit the active support of certain members of the English Department, no mention of this fact is made in the Magazine. Such support is a big step forward in making it possible for the best works handed in in English compostion courses to be dug up from their repositories and given to the public. In this way much material that would otherwise die a natural death can be utilized. But it seems only right that this fact be brought out so that the erroneous impression that it is run entirely by undergraduates may be removed...
Already the well-known Krags have been brightened till they shine like the medals on von Hindenburg's chest. Cuban dirt has been dug from their cracks that has rested there since they fought with the boys in '98, and the rust scoured off the bayonets which has remained from the time of Aquinaldo's men. Scabbard and belt and rifle and uniform have been cleaned for the punctilious eyes of the reviewing officer...
...when Companies C and D, under the leadership of the French officers, spent the day near Fresh Pond, engaged in the outlining and construction of trenches. The Frenchmen have laid out a system of defences which include first and second line trenches, communication trenches and boyeaux, with bombproofs and dug-outs at intervals along the line. The plans also include machine gun positions and bombing posts. Two companies each day will devote their entire time to the study of these positions and the construction of a portion of the trenches, under the guidance and constant instruction of the officers...
...Middle Ages besieged cities were surrounded by a wall, and the wall was surrounded by a moat. The sapper (or miner) dug under ground until he reached the foundations of the wall. Here he built a shelter by leaning beams against the wall to protect him while he undermined its foundations. As fast as he made a breach in the wall he propped it with beams to keep it from tumbling on him as he worked. Finally he set fire to the beams and fled, leaving the wall to cave in as the supports burned away...
...Fugio" coin was found in front of Hollis Hall, but the other piece of money and the key were dug up near Sever Hall. The latter find is probably not very old, although there is nothing about it upon which to base a surmise of its age. It is modern in appearance, and does not seem to be corroded by rust to any great extent. The key is nothing unusual in appearance...