Word: agrounder
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...John Poindexter. Admiral Poindexter had gotten some wind of this earlier, but he didn't pursue it. He is a fine naval officer. In keeping with that tradition, even if you are asleep in your bunk when your ship runs aground, you take the responsibility. He took the responsibility...
Habermas said that both of these theories "try to derive all principles from rationality, but run aground on the complexity" of modern capitalist states. Modern societies change too rapidly for any social contract or set of fundamental laws to remain viable, he said...
...many others unexplored. A few rank particularly high on the wish lists of marine archaeologists and treasure hunters. For four years an INA team led by Archaeologist Roger Smith has been scouring Jamaica's St. Ann's Bay for two of Columbus' caravels thought to have been intentionally run aground in 1503. "The caravels that Columbus sailed to the New World were the Mercury space capsules of their day," he says. "And somewhere beneath the soft sediments of this bay there are not one but two of those ships...
...government has pumped $4.7 billion into the shipbuilding industry over the past decade, but finally decided to end the Kockums subsidies because the firm had received no new orders in more than two years. In Hong Kong, the Tung family fleet of some 150 ships has nearly gone aground because of $2 billion in debts. A group of the Tungs' bankers helped bail out the company this month by giving it easier payment terms. The demand for cargo ships has been slackening since the mid-1970s, when oil prices went up and industrial countries began cutting back their imports...
...Clark, 67, a former policeman from Ohio. He and his wife Mary retired to a 42-ft. trawler. The answer, for them, is in the name of their boat, Yolo, for You Only Live Once. Donna and Will Adams spent nine winters on a 22-ft. sailboat called Echoue (Aground). He used to teach French at Lamar University in Texas. Now they sail and work at whatever comes to hand. "We like to read," Will explains. "This way we can do it six to eight hours a day." Another couple, former New Yorkers, admit that living together on a boat...