Word: anchors
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...soldiers killed. Initially, the Haitian military forces that deposed the democratically elected Aristide in 1991, and are now trying to wiggle out of an international agreement to let him return to power, got their way with no more than some effective theater. As the troopship U.S.S. Harlan County anchored off Port-au- Prince, thugs surged through the dock area brandishing pistols, screaming ''Get out!'' and kicking at or banging on cars, including one carrying U.S. charge d'affaires Vicki Huddleston. All show, says one Haitian with close ties to the leaders: ''As wild and scary as it appeared, ((the supposed...
Harvard Law School Professor Elizabeth Warren took time away from trying to save the U.S. economy earlier this week to sit down with Daily Show anchor Jon Stewart
...Ocean, southeast of Somalia. A large container ship will transport 1,628 TEUs - 20-foot shipping containers - in temperature and humidity controlled conditions as part of the long-established Afloat Prepositioning Force, a strategy for storing the tools of war, known as "prepo." The ship will simply sit at anchor in the atoll's blue lagoon and wait, in case there is a major conflict in the area requiring U.S. involvement. This particular project, not the first prepo at Diego Garcia, is scheduled to begin in November and last for five years. Born in the Cold War, prepo proved...
...later work, which prefigure El Greco. Perhaps it was intentional that Frederick Ilchman, the show’s curator and a preeminent expert on Tintoretto, constructed the exhibit to make Tintoretto seem the most inventive and original of the three. A youthful and fiery self-portrait by Tintoretto helps anchor the first room, and the last painting is a solemn and piercing-eyed self-portrait of the aged dyer’s son, emphasizing his importance and bookending a rare and incredible exhibit. —Staff writer Alexander B. Fabry can be reached at fabry@fas.harvard.edu...
...Another sail took us to Koh Kong Island, a lush national forest where recreational exploration is forbidden. We dropped anchor off a deserted white-sand beach and hopped overboard into the clear, warm sea. The water was probably 70° and not more than 5 ft. deep, with gentle waves that glimmered in the late-afternoon sun. Then, sated and relaxed, we motored home...