Word: boated
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...York came the bold and the fearful, the strong and the helpless of the world: first the sturdy Dutch traders, then French-speaking Walloons, Norwegians, Danes, Germans, Scots, English, and, on a slow boat from Brazil, 23 Jews. By 1644, just 35 years after Henry Hudson sailed up the great river that bears his name, at least 18 languages were represented in New York's babel of tongues. In the mid-1800s, more than 1,000,000 Irish, driven by famine, poured into New York, along with endless waves of Italian, German and Balkan refugees spilling out of revolution...
THIS meeting is far more important than just a question of whether a boat or two gets through the canal or does not get through, or even whether the canal breaks down. Upon what we do, in my opinion, will very largely depend the question of whether or not in fact we are going to build a peaceful world...
...wine that we had to keep him awake with coffee. I'm glad they're gone, these foreigners." "We don't need them," said Shiaty. "They won't be back." Then he shook hands with the captain and headed down the gangway to the pilot boat. It was 5:30 p.m. His next ship was due out at dawn...
...ever regretted the expenditures. The Intracoastal Waterway more than paid its way during the bitter U-boat warfare of World War II, when the U.S. used it to transport 90 million tons of vital supplies, safe from preying U-boats in the Gulf. But the Waterway has really proved its value in peacetime. At least 500 companies (among them: Reynolds Metals, Alcoa, Monsanto, Dow Chemical) have built plants and warehouses along its banks, while thousands of others use it for cheap transportation. One enterprising Texan has built up a booming business carrying truck trailers up and down the canal...
...President traces his ties to the old homestead through two Puseys who left England in 1682 on a boat carrying William Penn. Exactly which branch of the family tree the President sprouted from, however, is not definitely known. Official Administration sources describe the relationship as "rather vague...