Word: boated
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Black and White then moved quickly, shaking off Princeton, Cornell and Wisconsin in the first 500 meters to make the race a three-boat contest between Radcliffe, Brown, and Yale...
...harm al-Wazir's family. By 4 a.m. they had returned to their ship. A few days later, they landed safely in Haifa harbor. An ironic footnote: al-Wazir had plotted a similar operation in 1985 that aimed to land a hit squad on Israeli soil, sailing first by boat from Algeria, then from mid-sea by dinghy. Israeli missile boats intercepted the ship, aborting the plan...
Escorted by a small flotilla that included a Greek navy torpedo boat and two coast guard vessels, the champion cyclist kept in constant radio contact with the M.I.T. command crew. He advised them of his physical condition every 15 minutes, and they reported changes in wind velocity and direction. At about 11 a.m., just 30 ft. off the beach at Santorini, a strong head wind buffeted Kanellopoulos as he tried to land. First the tail broke off and then the wing. Next thing the pilot-athlete knew, he was swimming toward shore, where an enthusiastic mob surged forward to greet...
...warning issued by U.S. Navy Captain James Chandler could hardly have been plainer. If the Iranian patrol boat Joshan approached any closer to the U.S. guided-missile cruiser Wainwright, Chandler warned the Iranian craft by radio, "it is my intention to sink you." The Joshan's reply came quickly in the form of a deadly antiship missile. Chandler immediately ordered his crew to fire a hail of aluminum chaff into the air, which deflected the missile by confusing its radar guidance system. Moments later a second ship in the U.S. gulf convoy, the frigate Simpson, unleashed an SM-1 missile...
VIDEO: Producer Steven Bochco keeps turning out hits by rocking the boat...