Bruce White
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"Brigadier Sir Bruce Gordon White", Order of the British Empire/KBE, FCGI, Institution of Civil Engineers/FICE, FIEE (1885-1983) was one of the leading United Kingdom/British consulting engineers of his generation. Son of the engineer Robert White (1842-1925), Bruce White joined his father's practice in 1919 together with his brother Colin White in 1923. On his father's death Bruce White became senior partner. After World War II Bruce White was knighted, and the practice became known as Sir Bruce White, Woolfe Barry and Partners. On Sir Bruce's retirement Allan Beckett became senior partner. The family firm continues today as marine consulting engineers Beckett Rankine where Sir Bruce's grandson Gordon Rankine and Allan Beckett's son Tim Beckett are directors.

Born on 5 February 1885, White saw military service in Europe during World War I as a Major in the Royal Engineers; he was involved in the design and construction of Richborough military port near Sandwich in Kent; the port was notable for being equipped with the UK's first electric gantry cranes for cargo handling. White was appointed MBE in 1919.

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They started cracking jokes, and I said: 'Ain't nothing funny when I have to work the next day.'

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I'm not so sure any kid of state aid will make a significant difference where they go.

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We aren't trying to hear that.

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Don't put your feet on the table, ... You know better.

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We hate to see her go, ... We were hoping that she would stay a while, with all the wonderful things she's been doing.

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He automatically put handcuffs on me. I asked him why he was arresting me. The officer who was searching the car came back to the passenger side and told me he was impounding my car.

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They're pulling me over for loud music, and they were the ones disturbing the peace.

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I explained to the judge that the form I signed said I had 15 days to get my money back. She allowed me to file for another hearing. I have another court date for Oct. 20. But now, I'm kind of skeptical about riding up and down 79th Street. Any vehicle with rims is going to get pulled over.

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I had to sit on the corner. That's when I walked down the block and saw my mom coming. Just because we have rims, police expect us to be drug dealers. I work for Comcast. It cost $670 to get my vehicle back.

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