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EmmettBarnes10: God bless this Young Man Cpl William Robert Embry Jr. and his family for his service to America.
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Among William Donovan’s first recruits to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service.
GematriaCodex: Thread: who killed John F. Kennedy? The killer wasn’t Lee Harvey Oswald, as we were told, but William Robert Greer, JFK’s driver, an agent of the U.S. Secret Service, who drove the presidential limousine in the motorcade through Dealey Plaza and shot JFK dead on 11/22/1963.
Jaennecom: 2023-02-28 – Dedication To Providence by Robert William Service
SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! THEATER AND SHOW FOLK EDITION!
Among William Donovan’s first recruited to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service
richsbrown3: “When it's ten against one,
And hope there is none…
Carry on! Carry on!”
Robert William Service
golddigger456: and make no blunder,
And either would love you, and let you win her --
Which of the two would you choose, I wonder,
The stolid saint or the sparkling sinner?
**Robert William Service**
Jaennecom: 2023-02-04 – The Absinthe Drinkers by Robert William Service
abemurray: by Robert William Service:
An ancient gaffer once I knew,
Who puffed a pipe and tossed a tankard;
He claimed a hundred years or two,
And for a dozen more he hankered;
… [full poem] …
So though the sky be ashen grey,
And winds be edged and sleet be slanting,
…
abemurray: …
Heap wood upon the fire and say:
It’s just the kind of day I’m wanting!” fin
Other gems from the poem:
"A mighty good philosophy
Thought I, and leads to longer living,
To make the best of things that be”
Full poem at various places here -
wareFLO: Good morning Albuquerque, New Mexico!
"The Gloaming is a lilac haze That impish stars stab eagerly.
O Land of Song! Oh golden clime! O happy me, whose work is play!"
Robert William Service (about a sunset, but applies here, except perhaps "stars stab eagerly")
OldBrowningGuy: Omar J Edwards
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If Black Lives Matter wants to be taken seriously, they need to recognize the service of the black cops dieing in the line of duty.
MailOnline: Prince William makes a surprise appearance at a memorial service in Snettisham for the 1953 flood victims
edpearce080759: Robert Burns was born on January 25, 1796. For more January 25 anniversaries, including the founding of the Brazilian city of São Paulo. William McKinley's marriage to Ida Saxton and the inauguration of the US transcontinental telephone service, check out
smritikak: For God knows it is good to give;
We may not have so long to live,
So if we can,
Let's do each day a kindly deed,
And stretch a hand to those in need,
Bird, beast or man.
—Robert William Service
SFEncyclopedia: ... Nat Schachner (b.1895)
bufocalvin: Happy bookish birthdays, 16 January, to: William Kennedy (Ironweed), Susan Sontag (On Photography), Robert W. Service (Songs of a Sourdough)...
Roy_Wallen: I keep collecting books I know
I'll never, never read;
My wife and daughter tell me so,
And yet I never heed.
"Please make me," says some wistful tome,
"A wee bit of yourself."
And so I take my treasure home,
And tuck it in a shelf
– Robert William Service, born this date in 1874
corydc29: William Robert Greer (the driver and secret service agent) shot Kennedy. The missing footage has been found.
MehjabinHussai4: A Bachelor by Robert William Service Explanation in English || Canadian ...
PoemsNature70: A Rolling Stone
"There's sunshine in the heart of me,
My blood sings in the breeze;
The mountains are a part of me,
I'm fellow to the trees.
My golden youth I'm squandering,
Sun-libertine am I;
A-wandering, a-wandering,
Until the day I die..."
Robert William Service
David_A_Osborn: Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) - Hayao Miyazaki
Gate of Flesh (1964) - Seijun Suzuki
The Northman (2022) - Robert Eggers
The Devils (1971) - Ken Russell
The Exorcist (1973) - William Friedkin
MasonDrm: A Christmas Eve tradition in our home a favourite heartwarming poem.
“Her mother despaired and feared the end,
But from that day she began to mend,”
The Christmas Tree by Robert William Service:
kmswrites: Walt Whitman
Robert William Service
ncdominie: Mathematicians gonna mathematician. Robert Simson, c. 1722, pressing a tree into service as a chalkboard (no suitable canal bridge being available at the time).
[From William Traill's biography of Simson, 1812:
DavidCranmerUn1: on the League of Nations Commission on Mandates with Lord Milner and Lord Robert Cecil of Great Britain, Henri Simon of France, Viscount Chinda of Japan, Guglielmo Marconi of Italy, and George Louis Beer as adviser.
William Wiseman was sent by Secret Intelligence Service
zwyklyPolak: Hate
Robert William Service
I had a bitter enemy,
His heart to hate he gave,
And when I died he swore that he
Would dance upon my grave;
That he would leap and laugh because
A livid corpse was I,
And that's the reason why I was
In no great haste to die.
SpiesVespers: IT'S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! ADVERTISING EDITION!
Among William Donovan’s first recruits to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service.
SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! THEATER AND SHOW FOLK EDITION!
Among William Donovan’s first recruited to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service.
DavidCranmerUn1: William Greer - Wikipedia
William Robert Greer (September 22, 1909 – February 23, 1985) was an agent of the U.S. Secret Service, best known as being the driver of President John F. Kennedy's presidential limousine in the motorcade through Dealey Plaza in
DavidCranmerUn1: to Robert Lee Bullard.
Robert Lee Bullard took over command of the 1st Infantry Division ("Big Red One") from William L. Sibert, holding this post from December 1917 to July 1918.
When the War Department created the Chemical Warfare Service (CWS) later that spring, Pershing
DavidCranmerUn1: Service with two brothers in 1919, which merged with General Dynamics in 1959.
I.B. Hale was married to the former Virginia Kingsbery, and the couple had at least three sons (twins Robert Allen Hale and William Hale, and Timothy Hale). Hale became a
TSUCollegeofAG: This week TSU welcomes the US Forest Service. Visitors include Tina Terrell, Robert Lee, Johnny Grace, Eston Williams, Jonathan Gill, William Marcano. Today they visited the TSU McMinnville Research Center.
NicolaSmitHypno: Thank you Grandad xxx ROBERT WILLIAM SMITH Trooper Service Number 7935478
Died 03/10/1943
Aged 33
1st
Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.
ebd_edwards: GOD GAVE YOU TO ME
ALWAYS REMEMBERED BY
HIS LOVING WIFE
L.A. UTTING (PEGGIE)
AodhBC: Was Shakespeare well-versed?
Was Robert Service?
Was William McGonagall?
mikereynoldsuk: The ancestors of both William Wallace and Robert Bruce came to Britain from France with William the Conqueror in 1066. After some time and service to the King in England, they were granted lands in Scotland.
The irony is never lost
MehjabinHussai4: Home and Love poem by Robert William Service Explanation
Reuters: Britain's King Charles and his son Prince William visited emergency-service workers at a London police station to thank them for their work ahead of the funeral of Queen Elizabeth
Cathy_WW1: Died on this date - Private William Patrick Wright (b. 1894, London, England), Service number 4333, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Demosthenes (A64) on 29 Dec 1915 with the 5th Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements.
[Photo - Robert West]
ecocalicoPD: Long, William Robert - Warrant Service
MissLindner: "Yet in spite of failing things
I’ve no cause to grieve;
Age with all its ailing brings
Blessings, I believe:
Kindo’ gentles up the mind
As the hope we hold
That with loving we will find
Friendliness in human kind,
Grace in growing old." - Robert William Service
DavidCranmerUn1: Scotland while in service to the King of Scotland. It is a title he is said to have inherited from his father William Sinclair in 1358 but it's more likely he accquired it much later in life.
Henri Santo Claro (Henry St. Clair) signed a charter from King Robert III in January
WCNYCONNECTED: Watch "Queen Elizabeth’s Secret Agents" Sun, Aug. 21 at 8 p.m. on WCNY-TV!
During a time when Britain was divided, unstable, and violent, the world’s first secret service was born. Run by William and Robert Cecil, this team had the duty of protecting the Queen and the Country.
Propesaa: Some of Mt Kenya Jubilee MPs joined president Elect Dr. William Ruto in Church Service in Kiambu.
People are moving on, wewe umabaki supreme court
TheStarKenya: DP William Ruto, Mama Racheal Ruto and Rigathi Gachagua during a Church Service in Karen.
HonOscarSudi: For the LORD your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.” ~ Deuteronomy 20:4
Together with other leaders led by DP William Samoei Ruto , Rigathi Gachagua among other congregants during a church service at DP's Karen residence.
NssMilagres: NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME MILAGRES P U COLLEGE, organized, A TALK ON INDEPENDENCE AND YOUNGSTERS By Mr. Robert William Jacob,retired Sgt of Indian Air Force, on Saturday 13th August 2022 at 11 a.m in the College Auditorium
asvinpa: Thank you Sergeant Robert William Matthews for your courageous service and ultimate sacrifice. RIP
SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! THEATER AND SHOW FOLK EDITION!
Among William Donovan’s first recruited to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service
Morning_Joe: "To the Justice Department, I say 'make haste, immediately, not slowly. Assemble the grand jury and start bringing in people, including the Secret Service.'"
--Former Defense Secretary William Cohen offers his perspective on the Jan. 6 Committee hearings
freshwater40: One of our distant family relatives, Mark Irving often reported on the World Service. Yes the Irving family are related to us as Robert did some investigating.Apparently one of them William Douglas Irving's youngest daughter married a Frederick Johnston who was in the RN. One of
Charles54911288: “(Their) poem may be yours indeed
In melody and tone,
If in its rhythm you can read
A music of your own”
- Robert William Service, 'Your Poem."
Photo: Millennium Park, Chicago. July 2022
Wawanda02Nelson: " Let us probe the silent places, let us seek what luck betide us; Let us journey to a lonely land I know. There's a whisper in the night wind, there's a night star agleam to guide us. And the Wild is calling, calling ... Let us go." - Robert William Service
asvinpa: Remember PFC Robert William Witty today. He is a hero who gave his young life for our Country. Thank you Robert for your courageous service and ultimate sacrifice. RIP
LWVGrCleveland: CLEVELAND, Ohio – William Denihan epitomized the concept of public service, working more than four decades in government, not seeking the limelight but instead getting the job done.
by Robert Higgs
Spill_Words: The Mother
a poem by: Robert William Service
Your children grow from you apart,
Afar and still afar;
And yet it should rejoice your heart
To see how glad they are;
In school and sport, in work and play,
And last,
ALUNITE18: Today we attended the retirement ceremony of COL William McDaiel and COL Robert Mandell. Although they have retired from the US Army Reserves, I know that they will continue their long life service in other ways. May God bless you and keep you and your families.
7NewsDC: Thank you for your service and your sacrifice:
For the 43rd year in a row, officers from Maryland, DC, and Virginia plus federal agents gathered in front of the DC police department headquarters to honor those who died in the line of duty.
7NewsDC: Thank you for your service and your sacifice:
For the 43rd year in a row, officers from Maryland, DC, and Virginia plus federal agents gather in front of the DC police department headquarters to honor those who died in the line of duty.
Jay245511: This evening presented W.Bro William Beresford (93) and W.Bro Robert Padget (83) both with 50 Years Certificate of Service to the Craft.
SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! THEATER AND SHOW FOLK EDITION!
Among William Donovan’s first recruited to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service.
UNChistory: Congratulations to Dr. William Sturkey for receiving the Carolina Center for Public Service’s Robert E. Bryan Award for Public Service. He is recognized for his scholarship on race and the U.S. South, as well as his commitment to reaching public audiences.
shenitrasdees: Stupidity and Ignorance,
Be you our buffers 'mid mischance;
Endoctrine us to do your will,
And other stupid people kill;
Fool us with hope of Life to be,
Great god to whom we bow the knee,
--STUPIDITY.
Robert William Service
artisbrutal2021: Robert William HANSON was a director at Hanson Asset Management 2010-2017
William19727640: Fú.
My Name
William Robert Monroe
Their Idea for it by it
that are theirs...
They all live in the same
home with an address we
all have public record o’
to?
Basically, exterminate them.
For being useless & unable o’
Service.
As War
AWMemorial: In the Last Post Ceremony for 29 March 2022, we remember and pay tribute to Corporal Robert William Davidson and his service in the First World War. A recording of this ceremony is available:
aoifegracemoore: A decision by the Public Prosecution Service to discontinue the prosecution of Soldier F for the murders of James Wray and William McKinney on Bloody Sunday has been quashed at the High Court in Belfast.
SpiesVespers: IT'S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! ADVERTISING EDITION!
Among William Donovan’s first recruits to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service.
Holygrailhoney: William Robert Greer (September 22, 1909 – February 23, 1985) was an agent of the U.S. Secret Service, best known as being the driver of President JFK presidential limousine in the motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas on November 22, 1963, when the president was assassinated.
foreman_william: This is the most insightful piece I’ve read about Putin lately.
SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! THEATER AND SHOW FOLK EDITION!
Among William Donovan’s first recruited to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service
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asvinpa: Hospitalman William Robert Glueckstein. Hero. Patriot and Great American. Thank you for your courageous service and ultimate sacrifice for our Country. RIP
katybblue: Abandoned Dog by Robert William Service:
BBazzarr: Feel free to check out my latest piece based on a poem by Robert William Service
DPSSandman: Robert William McPadden
Firefighter
Fire Department City of New York
New York
Age: 30
Year of Death: 2001
Robert William McPadden‚ 30‚ firefighter‚ FDNY‚ Engine 23. McPadden was continuing his family’s proud tradition of public service when he joined the FDNY.
Mandalorian_Ren: 4/ The four soldiers now eligible to receive the Distinguished Service Cross are:
Sgt. 1st Class Earl R. Fillmore, Jr.
Master Sgt. John G. Macejunas
Retired Col. Robert Mabry
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. William F. Thetford
VannavuthHay: Robert William Service:
EducNurture: Áfter buying books for your darling young readers, don't forget to get them an adorable bookshelf or two... 1
“I like to think that when I fall,
A rain-drop in Death's shoreless sea,
This shelf of books along the wall,
Beside my bed, will mourn for me.”
― Robert William Service
SpiesVespers: IT'S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! ADVERTISING EDITION!
Among William Donovan’s first recruits to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service.
NatMus_SWE_bot: Simon Jacques Rochard, Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry, 1805-1872, 19??
HyprboreanWulf: as Robert William Service once said;
Female forms divine
Should be bared for all to see
In colour and in line.
SpiesVespers: IT’S TIME FOR STRANGE SPY FACTS! THEATER AND SHOW FOLK EDITION!
Among William Donovan’s first recruited to COI, predecessor organization of OSS, was Pulitzer Prize winning playwright, Robert E. Sherwood to head the Foreign Information Service.
dcollins5555: William Robert Greer was the Secret Service Agent Driving the Kennedy Limo in Dallas When he Was Assassinated.His Son is a Friend.We fish together.I Asked him About the Shooter.He said he thought there was One Shooter.A Fragment from one shot struck the front dash by his head.
JAdams6: CONSTABLE
Riannon Swanson
William Lane Smith
Brittany Watson
ROBERT PRENTICE
MIKE HEATON
not only at Central Division; but, spread out like
manure across the Waterloo Regional Police Service
In my opinion based on experience - you'd be better off avoiding. Ask for someone
AyiEtim1: Robert William Service – “?”
FourCountyNews: This Veterans Day we are Honoring All Veterans for their Service especially FCCC Staff - Matthew Geiger (U.S. Army) William Parsley (U.S. Air Force) Brian Snyder (U.S. Army) & Robert Williams (U.S. Army) The Military Emblems were created by students in the S.M.A.R.T. lab.
jannergas: At the Weston Remembrance service a poem was read out which I've never heard before. It was very moving, it was called Young Fellow my Lad, by Robert William
Neil_Colclough: While life is noble and true;
For all our beauty and hope and joy
We will owe to our lads like you."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Written by Robert William Service (Robert William Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon".
lauraad78387568: Johnny Motley, Patrick Adams, William Brian Pierson, Arilyn Buchannon, Robert Kwis, Mark Rounds, Thomas Kimmet, Liz Johnson, and others I may not have mentioned. Thank you, my brothers, sisters, and family. I am so proud of you and I love you. Thank you for your service.
NordicPaintings: Simon Jacques Rochard, Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry, 1805-1872, 19??
BaphMyers: Sunday Morning Sacred / Religious Hymns and Service Tom Waits, Robert Wilson, , and St. Louis’ William S Burroughs Literary Outlaw’s operatic adaptation of the German Folk Tale The Marksman The Black Rider
ana_datagirl: From mountain stream
To covert cool
The world, I deem,
Is wonderful;
The great, the small,
The smooth, the rough,
I love it all,
Breath is enough.
(Robert William Service)
NatMus_SWE_bot: Simon Jacques Rochard, Frederick William Robert Stewart, 4th Marquess of Londonderry, 1805-1872, 19??
StampsLiverpool: William Dockwra with his partner Robert Murray created the first Penny Post in London in 1680. The service worked on the basis that the one penny postage was paid when the letter was accepted into the delivery system. It worked so well that it got the attention of Royalty.
DavidCranmerUn1: shareholder and merged his Material Service Corporation with GD in 1959.
Hale was married to the former Virginia Kingsbery, and the couple had at least three sons (twins Robert Allen Hale and William Hale, and Timothy Hale).Hale became a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
scottcotter12: it might have been. By-the-way, that lady in the photo with my dad looks a lot like Cyndi MacArthur who may still work as a Range Conservationist with the U.S. Forest Service. My dad Robert William Cotter was born in or near La Grange, IL back on June 3, 1934. Someday if I'm stil
rfoxfire: Invictus - Poem by William Ernest Henley
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David N Johnson: The Man From Athabasca takes on new life if you listen to Country Joe McDonald sing it in his War, War, War album. Look it up on YouTube. He did a studio version in 1971, and a live performance nearly forty years later. It grabs your heart.
