Word: astern
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bahia Paraiso, a naval resupply ship that doubles as a tourist boat, sailed through waters identified on charts as having "dangerous ledges and pinnacles." The ship was shaken by a "terrible jolt," says passenger Nadia Le Bon. "I thought we hit an iceberg." Instead, the ship had struck Full Astern Reef, which ripped a 30-ft. gash through its double hull and into the engine room. With the ship listing and the smell of gasoline thick in the air, the 314 passengers and crew members were rescued unharmed by scientists in small boats from the U.S. research center at Palmer...
...which at this very moment is breaking down, just shy of the Firing Line. An exhaust sleeve is spewing dirty water like a coffee percolator gone wild. Overheated, dead in the water, he sees to his repairs as Eddie Wannage, Buddy's brother and a fellow shrimper, pulls up astern to offer help, then chuffs off to take his place in the rear of the Firing Line...
User certainly has done his best over his four years at the helm elevating a mediocte Ivy League team to the undisputed astern Champ...
...Harvard's previous losses had been to national powers the University of New Hampshire and two the astern...
...Queen Mary is berthed in the harbor at Long Beach, a tourist attraction. She has a restaurant astern called Sir Winston's. The menu is in French. Under dessert you find "tuile aux fraises, "with no English translation. You summon a waiter, whose name is Juan. "French taco," Juan explains, "with strawberries...