dunkirk - 02/19/04 02:55 PM
Date: Wed Feb 12 00:01:07 EST 2003
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--Dunkirk
Dunkirk (DUN-kurk) noun
1. A desperate evacuation or retreat.
2. A crisis requiring drastic measures to avoid total disaster.
[After Dunkirk (also Dunkerque), a seaport and town in northern France.
In World War II, it was the site of evacuation of more than 330,000 Allied troops by sea while under German fire during May-June, 1940.]
Valiant proof that "There will always be an England."
Subject: A.Word.A.Day--Dunkirk
Dunkirk (DUN-kurk) noun
1. A desperate evacuation or retreat.
2. A crisis requiring drastic measures to avoid total disaster.
[After Dunkirk (also Dunkerque), a seaport and town in northern France.
In World War II, it was the site of evacuation of more than 330,000 Allied troops by sea while under German fire during May-June, 1940.]
Valiant proof that "There will always be an England."