Word: craft
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Thunder rumbled over the Mediterranean one day last week. The British-French Mediterranean fleet ploughed eastward to a rendezvous at Alexandria, Egypt. Lighter craft of the Italian. Turkish and British Navies played hide & seek among the islands of the Aegean. And in London the Admiralty announced that the Mediterranean was closed to British merchant ships-they should forsake the strait at Gibraltar and go the long way to the Orient round Cape of Good Hope...
...days. Without batting an eye, General von Falkenhorst, who had meantime alighted on the Oslo airport with a battalion, proceeded to bring more troops into the Oslo district the same way he got there: by Junkers transports, under cover of menacing demonstrations over the city by bomber and fighting craft. Experts now know that a score or two of Allied bombers could have paralyzed the Falkenhorst expedition by a determined attack on Fornebo airport at any time in those first 48 hours. The Nazis say they counted on British sluggishness. They were not disappointed...
Purpose of these oversized pleasure craft on the tiny lake remained largely a matter of speculation. Best bet was that tyrannical Caligula used them to escape political or physical heat in Rome, taking with him his debauched court for protracted binges. Legend had it that from just such a party the catastrophe-loving emperor slipped ashore, amused himself by having the ships sunk with all on board. More probable, in view of the paucity of precious metals found on them, was the contention that succeeding rulers, sick of anything remotely pertaining to the hated Caligula, stripped the ships and allowed...
...been confirmed that a small canal extending from the Charles to Wellesley's Lake Waban is navigable for small craft, thus eliminating the necessity for a final portage. The fact that Spring rains have swollen the river should make other shallow sections more amenable to navigation...
...fleet will consist of canoes, kayaks, single sculls, wherries, and assorted skiffs. The H.C.A.A. has under consideration an amendment to its constitution which would permit small power boats to join in the venture. If so, they will be required to remain a respectful distance behind the manually propelled craft...