Word: eri
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...natural gas prospecting in the rich Edda field. For the rotating crews that lived there for two weeks at a time, it was intended to be a floating city-a sort of workingman's Titanic. And like the Titanic, the Alexander Kielland was theoretically invulnerable. Says Jakob Eri, director of a Norwegian firm specializing in inspecting ships and rigs: "These rigs are built with watertight partitions in the legs and pontoons. They are supposed to survive any weather and to be absolutely safe...
...blur. Eri cHeiden accepts his medal and smiles and waves. People shout, scream, love. "We love you." Jumping up and down to see over the heads of the thousands of people standing in front of you, you realize the view is much better on television, but on the tube you can't feel it: the cold and the happiness. And the pride, pride in the USA, in Our Country. "We love...