Word: drydock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...build is 90 feet." As for size, which matters greatly to yacht owners, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia owns the world's biggest yacht, the 482-ft. Abdul Aziz, which includes a mosque and a movie theater that seats 100. Because the King's yacht is currently in drydock, the unquestioned ruler of the waves is Queen Elizabeth's 412-ft. Britannia...
...four new attack submarines. This leaves open the possibility that General Dynamics will eventually be permitted to compete for this contract despite its current suspension. According to the Defense Department, the reprieve is an effort to preserve competition among contractors. Only one other firm, the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., is capable of making the attack submarine. Said Navy Secretary John Lehman: "This is not an action to protect General Dynamics. This is an action to protect the public interest...
...sometimes condescending Harvard administration. It's no minor affair. Scores of deans, governors, administrators and vice-presidents steer this very wealthy ship into calm but profitable waters. Their journeys take them toward new academic and technological frontiers and breakthroughs, toward new standards of "Harvard etiquette," and onto the drydock for repairs...
...council, holds frequent meetings in the old Imperial Palace with Soviet Ambassador Konstantin Fomichenko. Ethiopia buys virtually all its oil from the Soviet Union, and since 1977 the Soviets have supplied the country with arms and military hardware worth $2 billion. In return, the Soviet Union has a drydock and other naval facilities on the Ethiopian-controlled Dahlak Islands...
...deliberately severed as a safety precaution. After the sections are rejoined, the painstaking work of finally preserving the Mary Rose could take several years. Nonetheless, the rescuers of the Mary Rose hope that their precious find can go on display as early as next year in Portsmouth, at a drydock close to Lord Nelson's famous flagship H.M.S. Victory. Says Discoverer McKee: "This is a dream come true." - By George Russell. Reported by Arthur White/Portsmouth