Word: boated
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...commit and sentenced to prison for life-or "perpetuity" as the French, knowing their own penal system, more realistically put it. Shuffled off to French Guiana, he tries to break out nine times. On the first escape, he makes it 1,800 miles to Colombia in an open boat, staying free for eleven months before being caught and returned to the penal colony...
...Stephens' Intrepid, which crushed an Australian challenge in 1967. When he was rebuffed, Bich asked a brilliant young American, Britton Chance Jr., to design Chancegger, embodying the latest ideas in 12-meters. When the baron was ready to build his own France, he had taken notes on four boats and two of the best U.S. designers. Even then, there were almost insurmountable barriers. The America's Cup rules specify that most items in a boat's equipage must be produced in the challenging country. Thus the extruded titanium masts and polyester sails that are standard...
Nevertheless, at the start of the best four-out-of-seven series, it seemed as if France might give Gretel II a real run for her money. In the first two races in light, fluky airs, France stood right up to the Australian boat and at times even pointed higher into the wind. Bich's crews were sharp and in both cases challenged closely until the final stages, when the Australians went on to win. But then in the third race, Gretel II's superiority-and that of her crew-became more marked. The Aussies...
...months. After eleven years of steady work for Chrysler Corp., he was laid off by the company's space division at Cape Kennedy in June 1969. He sold his Florida house at a $2,000 loss and disposed of some Chrysler stock, Government bonds and a small boat to finance a move to Colorado. He was hired by a research firm, but that job lasted only six months. After six weeks of unemployment, he landed a probationary job with an instrument firm, at $300 a month less than he had once earned with Chrysler. Last week, as that...
...Bowery; telephone calls and personal appearances intrude on her casual dashiki-workpants-sandals lifestyle. The attention rubs off on her family, too; in St. Paul, her mother states her firm support of Kate's work, but wishes she would "dress herself up. Kate's missing the boat if she appears on the Mike Douglas Show without her hair washed...