Word: manofwar
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Another day dawned and there lay the cruiser Memphis, smart as a yacht. The Texas, massive manofwar, waited respectfully far offshore. The embarkation ceremonies were stiff but sun-warmed. The Texas poured out a torrent of black smoke and clove the deep blue Gulf for gay Havana...
...Shenandoah accident. The day after Captain Foley's visit he had sent her a paper containing a suggested statement for her to make to the court. This "twisted the facts," she said; she took exception to one part which said: "My husband regarded the Shenandoah as a manofwar. He was ready at all times to take the ship out for military maneuvers, but was opposed to using her for nonmilitary duty." She especially objected to the statement that "he was ready at all times to take the ship out for military maneuvers...
...saying that when I accepted the invitation of the Board to appear as a witness I felt my husband needed defense, but that since that time I had changed my mind. In the second paragraph I was to say that my husband always regarded the Shenandoah, like a manofwar, was not to be used for exhibition purposes, but that he was ready at any time to use it for military purposes regardless of the weather or conditions of the landing places. In the third paragraph I was to thank the Court and say I was willing to leave the matter...
...Brooklyn Institute Museum, taxidermist, who will mount groups of the island wild life; W. Kenneth Cuyler and Allen L. Moses, collectors, who will prepare the skins. Mr. Simmons himself will devote much time to the many rare and tropical birds - the sheerwater, gannet, booby, king and emperor penguins, jackass, manofwar, albatross, etc. Experienced navigators and sailors, all college men with scientific training, make up the crew. There is an engineer for topo graphical work, an electrician for ra dio, a photographer, a motion picture...
...Military honors to be shown to the remains of the victims as they are taken aboard an Italian manofwar...