Word: boated
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...Vedder sardonically intones on “Bushleager.” But the rest of the album is some of the most personal, intimate material that Pearl Jam has ever produced, most strikingly the folk ballad “Thumbing My Way.” “Love Boat Captain” features some lush Hammond organ work, while Vedder declares, “I know it’s already been sung, but it can’t be said enough / All you need is love.” Vedder also shows off the Eastern influences he first...
...luck was partly responsible for the women’s sixth-place finish. Among the incidents that plagued the women sailors was a broken jib lead, a mistimed start and a capsized boat after being fouled...
Freshman Genny Tulloch skippered the A-division boat, overcoming a poor first race to finish third...
While a few nonprofits that run aquatics camps use the boats for their activities, most simply resell them. Often the donation takes the form of a so-called bargain sale: the owner sells the boat to a charity at half its value or less. The difference in price is considered a donation, giving the seller a big tax write-off. The charity then makes money when it resells the boat. The practice has drawn scrutiny from the irs, which has issued new rules to prevent donors from overestimating the value of their cars and boats for the tax benefit. Some...
...this week's New York Times best-seller list. In the Author's Note, Martel acknowledges that the "spark" for his novel was ignited by reading a review of Brazilian author Moacyr Scliar's 1981 novel, Max and the Cats, in which a shipwrecked boy is trapped in a boat with a panther. Scliar, left, thinks his idea is worthy of being considered more than a spark: he believes it constitutes intellectual property. His publishing house contemplated a lawsuit but has backed off. Scliar's bitterness, however, remains. "It's unfortunate," he said, "that now, when Brazilian literature is being...