Word: caen
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...adjust water height. On Britain's southernmost canal?the 140-km Kennet and Avon, linking the town of Reading on the River Thames to the seaport of Bristol?travelers will encounter dozens of locks, often close together, as in the impressive flight of 16 built in 1810 to climb Caen Hill near Devizes, Wiltshire, pictured above. In traditional canal boats that rent from $1,160 a week, you can chug merrily along, do some lazy fishing and nature watching, moor at waterside pubs and enjoy the delights of great small cities such as Bath and Bristol. Check out sallyboats.ltd.uk...
...adjust water height. On Britain's southernmost canal - the 140-km Kennet and Avon, linking the town of Reading on the Thames to the seaport of Bristol - travelers will encounter dozens of locks, often close together, as in the impressive flight of 16 built in 1810 to climb Caen Hill near Devizes, Wiltshire (pictured). In traditional canal boats that rent from $1,160 a week, you can chug merrily along, do some lazy fishing and nature watching, moor at waterside pubs and enjoy the delights of great small cities such as Bath and Bristol. Check out www.sallyboats.ltd.uk...
...selling U.S. secrets to Russia for $1.4 million in cash and diamonds; by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia. PAROLED. PATRICK HENRY, 47, France's one-time "most hated man," after serving 25 years of a life sentence for the murder of a seven-year-old boy; in Caen. Henry's case is viewed as a major step toward the abolition of capital punishment in France, and his early release for good behavior has incited controversy over the commutation of life sentences...
...quip, the humorous event or the milestone in the life of one individual that would have otherwise gone unnoticed. These are often the kernels of stories which don't deserve a fuller telling but are too interesting merely to leave out. Such columns are an art form, and Herb Caen, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist of this stripe at the San Francisco Chronicle, was a master. Caen, who died four years ago this month at the age of 80, wrote a columns with items held in a perfect balance. He shaped the image of Baghdad-by-the-Bay for generations...