Word: boated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Forrestal. Down in the carrier's hangar bay, Bush stood before the quieted planes and crews and talked about his view of war. "There's a painting in the White House, upstairs in the little office. It pictures Lincoln with two generals and an admiral meeting on a boat near the end of a war that pitted brother against brother. Outside the battle rages. And yet what we see in the distance is a rainbow, symbol of hope, of the passing storm. The painting's name? The Peacemakers...
Long dreaded and long delayed, the forced repatriation of Hong Kong's 44,217 Vietnamese boat people is about to begin. The U.S. opposes the new policy on humanitarian grounds, at least until conditions in Viet Nam change for the better. But the British government, convinced that less stringent policies will not stop the flow of illegal immigrants to the crown colony, is determined to go ahead. Under the plan, the British and Hong Kong governments will reportedly provide about $620 in cash for each deportee, or a total of $27 million if all who are currently in the colony...
...those subject to forced repatriation, the plan will seek to set up a monitoring system to ensure that they are not punished by the Vietnamese government. But that was small comfort for one group of boat people in Hong Kong, who hung from their windows a banner reading, WE WOULD RATHER DIE HERE THAN GO BACK TO VIET...
Over the years, marine mammals have become big box office. Around the U.S., amusement parks and aquariums pack spectators into dolphin and killer-whale shows. Companies have organized whale-watching voyages and party-boat trips to feed wild dolphins. One promoter has even proposed an underwater birthing facility where dolphins would serve as "midwives" for human deliveries...
Bush and Gorbachev will begin to address these questions at the Saltwater Summit. What can two men in a boat do when they put up their feet? Primarily, they will have the chance to assure each other that they both are eager to avoid crackdowns in East bloc states. The Club Med casualness will provide the perfect atmosphere to discuss the beneficial roles that NATO and the Warsaw Pact could play during a time of exciting but potentially dangerous transition...