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General Packenham, the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington (famous for his war successes), had been shot, thousands of his troops had been killed, and the tattered survivors withdrew in disarray.
On another, Wachtler, wearing his stained, tattered prison uniform, is paid a visit by Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun.)
All this time, the land for the library has sat undisturbed, covered with tall weeds and empty buildings, its intended purpose marked only by a banner that has grown progressively more tattered.
And in 1963, 36 years ago, Martin Lipset wrote a book about our founding called The First New Nation . So new is obviously a tattered, tired old term.
Meanwhile, what do you suppose the cook told his family that night when they asked why he was so tattered and scratched: “You'll never guess what that crazy missionary asked me to do today!”