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...Boston's Pier No. 1. The sun was barely above the row of three-storied houses on the horizon, and the chants of over 100 picketers at the gate leading to the pier created clouds of misty breath. Longshoremen arriving at this early hour to unload the ship's cargo slowed down in their cars as they saw the demonstrators and sleepily took the leaflets handed them...
...wharf was quiet and empty, occupied by gulls. An Egyptian cargo ship, that had been unloading cement when war overtook the port, was still surrounded by bags of cement, opened and untouched. A smaller ship lay sunk near by, its coffee cargo ruined. One of eight cranes had been hit by a shell, but the others were undamaged. The Israelis have promised that they will not touch any of the civilian equipment before withdrawing...
...June 1967 condition, Egypt faces a billion-dollar decision: whether or not to widen and deepen the waterway to accommodate the new larger ships, including some supertankers. The canal now can handle ships with a maximum draft of 38 ft.-70,000-ton craft carrying full loads of cargo and 140,000-tonners riding empty. An enlarged canal could take fully loaded ships with a draft of 71 ft. and a weight of 260,000 tons, or any ship now afloat empty...
...myself, I'd rather take my chances of survival in a larger car than a compact, especially on the New Jersey Turnpike. And it does seem strange that there are full oil tankers cruising up and down the Delaware River with no place to deposit their cargo...
...least 20 known battles between tribes fighting with spears, clubs, bows and arrows in disputes over land, pigs and women, in approximately that order. A lingering appetite for cannibalism is suspected in the remote interior where Stone Age conditions prevail Witch doctors still thrive and sorcery is practiced. The cargo cults, a weird blend of religious faith and economic frustration, claim 60,000 members. They believe that they can acquire such desirable Western luxuries as radios and canned beer by practicing certain rites like assembling on mountaintops, where they construct mock airplanes and await the gifts from heaven...