Corb

In the wake of the sinking, the Corb evacuation plan was abandoned.

Benares tragedy: 'All I can remember were the screams and cries for help' 2010

Derek Bech, then aged nine, was on board with his mother and two sisters? they were travelling as private passengers, not as part of the Corb scheme.

Benares tragedy: 'All I can remember were the screams and cries for help' 2010

It was carrying 406 passengers and crew, of whom 100 were children being evacuated to Canada and the US, most of them as part of a government scheme organised by the Children's Overseas Reception Board (Corb).

Benares tragedy: 'All I can remember were the screams and cries for help' 2010

The viewpoint character is Corb; one of the other two major characters is Nita.

Science 2005

A rough pine-board cabin lined with plywood, now restored, was rudely attached to a snack bar; this is where Corb designed new cities, social condensers and modern mansions for the clients who would indulge him.

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A rough pine-board cabin lined with plywood, now restored, was rudely attached to a snack bar; this is where Corb designed new cities, social condensers and modern mansions for the clients who would indulge him.

Archive 2007-07-01 enowning 2007

Conn was in Teamhair one time, and he went up in the early morning to the Rath of the Kings at the rising of the sun, and his three Druids with him, Maol and Bloc and Bhuice; and his three poets, Ethain and Corb and Cesarn.

Gods and Fighting Men Lady Gregory 1892

Poor Sir George felt himself sinking, and redoubled his cries for assistance; all at once the passenger rushed forward, carefully extricated him from his perilous position, and politely apologised for his first neglect of his appeal, adding, as his reason, “Indeed, Sir George, I thought it was Corb!” evidently meaning that had it been Corb, he must have taken his chance for him.

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874

In the neighbourhood of Banff, in Forfarshire, the seat of a very ancient branch of the Ramsays, lived a proprietor who bore the appellation of Corb, from the name of his estate.

Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character Ramsay, Edward B 1874

Corb's third and fourth points: horizontal window... check; free façade... double check.

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