CMC Commandant of the Marine Corps 171 CmdChron Command Chronology CO Commanding Officer ComUSMACV Commander, U. S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam CP Command Post CS Designation for tear gas DASC Direct Air Support Center D-Day Day scheduled for the commencement of an operation.
— from The Battle for Khe Sanh by Moyers S. Shore

He felt the benefit of the [pg 144] rest, and this he fancied to be the calm of conscience consequent upon self-surrender and resignation.
— from Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman

The smoke from the little cluster of cottages crept upwards, straight as a ruled line.
— from The Golden Web by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

Bul. 3, pages 75-162, 1906. Sammis, J. L., S. K. Suzuki and F. W. Laabs, Factors controlling the moisture content of cheese curds, U. S. Dept. Agr.
— from The Book of Cheese by Charles Thom

"Come, come, old chap, cheer up!" said Sholmes, who was holding Wilson's arm, "in five or six weeks you will be all right again.
— from Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes by Maurice Leblanc

It was all very well for Eugenia not to discuss before strangers her rescue and care of Captain Castaigne under such extraordinary difficulties.
— from The Red Cross Girls in Belgium by Margaret Vandercook

The characters are mostly contractions of Chinese characters used simply as phonetic symbols, without any more reference to their meaning than in the katakana .
— from The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe, Tending to Elucidate the Physical History of Man by John Russell Bartlett

Remove onion, heat two tablespoons of butter, add two tablespoons of flour, one-fourth teaspoon of pepper, one teaspoon of salt; first two-thirds of a cup, and gradually the rest of the celery broth, add one cup of cream; cook until smooth and serve at once.
— from The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum

Sherman, who had been chairman of a committee appointed by the General Assembly of Connecticut to supervise the coinage of copper coins under State authority, [30] took an early opportunity to propose that in filling the blanks that Madison had left, they should begin with rum, and tax it fifteen cents a gallon.
— from Two Centuries of New Milford Connecticut An Account of the Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Founding of the Town Held June 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1907, With a Number of Historical Articles and Reminiscences by Various