Word: boated
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...expected to rise another 20-25% between now and 2012. Once regulations demanding the replacement of all single-hull tankers with safer, double-hulled ships fully bite in 2010, as many as 153 of these 200,000-ton monsters will be dispatched to the ship-knackers' yard. Even pleasure boats can present a threat; among craft posing potential disposal hazards, Greenpeace lists the Pacific Princess, otherwise known as TV's Love Boat. In some countries, however, shipbreaking represents a business opportunity. Five nations - Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan and Turkey - account for 90% of the world's shipbreaking industry. But increasingly...
...proud to serve as a mechanic on the then newly commissioned Clemenceau. But after 18 years in various navy engine rooms and another 22 as a private-sector heating technician, Le Guilcher is gravely ill with asbestosis. "We think it's completely illegal to send this boat to a foreign country," he tells Time, his conversation punctuated by hacking coughs. "If we don't want to poison France, why should we poison another country?" The Indian Supreme Court will rule on whether to accept the ship in the coming weeks, but that might not be the last word...
...mail records show, Scanlon sent Abramoff Scanlon's draft of a statement praising Adam Kidan, a co-owner of SunCruz Casinos, a Florida gambling-boat company that Abramoff and Kidan had bought the month before, after a public dispute with the previous owner. Abramoff and Kidan, who have since pleaded guilty in Florida to fraud in connection with their financing of the SunCruz purchase, hoped that Ney's positive statement would "let people know that SunCruz now was in honest hands," according to a source familiar with the case. In an Oct. 23 e-mail, Abramoff proposed throwing...
GRAINS OF WISDOM Rice is low fat, low sodium and low just about everything except fiber and calories. But what other diet dares to promise a 20-to-30-lb. weight loss per month? Let's hope the rice shipment is not on a slow boat from China. BUZZWORDS: Ricers; Dieta; Mindfulness; Detox...
...victims of his alleged conspiracy alone. As part of the deal, he agreed to hand over more than $1.7 million in unpaid taxes to the IRS. On Wednesday, he's expected to plead guilty to fraud and conspiracy in a related case, involving his purchase of the SunCruz casino boat line...