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...could repair it in calm waters," says a Smit spokesman. "But the Spanish authorities refused." The Spanish say they feared damage would be greater if the leaking vessel - chartered by Swiss-based Crown Resources AG, part of the Russian-owned Alfa Group - was brought closer to shore. The breakup and sinking of the Prestige - after its 27-man crew was airlifted to safety - has also renewed debate over single-hulled ships. "With a double hull, when a ship is damaged there is an extra layer of skin to prevent the cargo from escaping," notes Unni Einemo of the specialist website...
...poll was happening in 1995, when people had been badly affected by the breakup of the country,” Gorbachev said. “When most of the people in Russia lived in poverty and hardship, 42 percent said perestroika was necessary...
This nasty breakup would have been unthinkable before Katharine Graham's death last year. She ran the Post for three decades and was a close friend of Arthur Sulzberger Sr., whose leadership of the Times spanned nearly identical years. Nodding to the publishing blood he shares with Don Graham, the younger Sulzberger says, "We're brothers under the skin...
...stool in a bland shirt and tie, Beck shunned the goofiness that waxed falsetto on Axl Rose and tossed out two-dollar quips during this summer’s solo tour. Instead, he seemed muted by the mature, dour loneliness that fills his latest album, a beautiful group of breakup dirges called Sea Change...
...cold storage. "Songs sit in my head for a while," he says. "I have dozens in there, songs from eight years ago that I've written but never recorded. After a while, I just sort of decide to record them." In early 2002, Beck drifted back to the breakup tunes and called his frequent producer, Nigel Godrich. A few weeks later, Sea Change was finished. "Everything with him is that simple," says Godrich, "because unlike most people, he always seems to know exactly what he wants...