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...open water, its crew and passengers in panic. Rushing from one side to the other to get away from the gunfire, many people fell or were pushed overboard. Then, when the boat was a few hundred yards from shore, the sail's boom broke free and swept across the deck, knocking scores more into the sea. The four policemen who had tried to stop the voyage saw the chaos and sped away, leaving hundreds in the water...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Haiti: Incident At Baie Du Mesle | 7/11/1994 | See Source »

There was a beautiful sadness about the moment. The serenity of the thin crescent of beach as it lies today was seen by those on excursion boats in the English Channel and by Clinton at dawn from the deck of the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington. More than one water-borne spectator sensed how fragile the whole D-day operation must have been, successful finally by its audacity and the spirits of young servicemen sustained by the singular strength that comes from freedom...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still Brave at Heart | 6/20/1994 | See Source »

...began in the fall of her freshman year at Exeter. She stpped out of an empty women's locker room, onto the pool deck for water polo tryouts, and realized "there were 98 guys...

Author: By H. NICOLE Lee, | Title: Senior Gahan an Aggressive Competitor | 4/30/1994 | See Source »

What is needed is a less goal-oriented incentive system that takes into account the actual interests of doctors-to-be, rather than one that treats them like cards to be shuffled around in a deck. The ideal system would introduce primary care as an attractive career choice early in the educational process, and not force it down unwilling throats like bitter castor...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, | Title: Solving the Primary Care Crisis | 4/29/1994 | See Source »

Call me conservative, but when you carry an explosive into a stadium and then proceed to throw the thing, you're not playing with a full deck...

Author: By John C. Ausiello, | Title: Spring Cleaning | 4/8/1994 | See Source »

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