Word: boated
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House: Mather Concentration: VES Hometown: I have moved around a lot, but graduated high school in London, England, and spent the longest time in Littleton, Colorado. Ideal Date: Going for a boat ride and going to a Steeler’s game and Sushi or Steak or Italian dinner and relaxing in a hot tub and bowling and laser-tag and watching a movie and star-gazing in Hawaii and watching a play in London. Best way for a guy or girl to get your attention: Make me smile and say something intriguing. Where to find you on a Saturday...
...Mahalingam alerted his chief officer, and turned the ship to starboard. But before he could issue a distress signal, three fiberglass speedboats with powerful outboard motors had pulled alongside the Semlow, a 58-m cargo boat often chartered by the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) to ship aid to Africa's neediest. The pirates hooked a small metal ladder to the ship and scrambled aboard. "There were 15 to 20 men wearing shorts and T shirts," remembers Mahalingam. The boarders were barefoot but carrying pistols, AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades. The pirates rushed to the bridge where, in halting...
...That afternoon, says Mahalingam, a small boat flying a white flag approached. Somali negotiators had sent it to escort the Semlow to a Somali port where it could offload the rice it was still carrying. Mahalingam, who a fortnight ago finally made it back to Mombasa, four months after first setting out, and is now home in Sri Lanka, radioed the Torgelow, a sister ship that was carrying tea and coffee for Somali traders as well as food and oil for the Semlow. But instead of hearing the captain's voice on the radio, Mahalingam heard a familiar Somali accent...
...sixties. “The Charles is a very fickle venue,” Johnson said. “It was definitely not over until the end. Before the last race, Kyle and I went over strategy.” The tactics discussion would pay off, as both boats finished in front of top contender Brown, clinching the win. While the coed team was busy winning at MIT, 300 yards away at Harvard, the Crimson women emerged victorious in a tightly contested competition, finishing with 168 points, while second place College of Charleston finished with 186. Just...
...chugged up the blue-green Indus in an armada of gaily-painted boats, each powered by belching tractor engines. Mueenuddin stood in the prow of his boat like a wavy-haired admiral. Occasionally he consulted his laptop; the Kala Dhaka elders huddled around in awe as though it were a glowing magic tablet. To Mueenuddin, this was "Operation Congo" because, he said, "We're going into the heart of darkness...