Word: fleets
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...gringo Fourth Fleet for help to defend your port.' HUGO CHAVEZ, Venezuelan President, referring to the U.S. naval group while taunting a governor and political rival; Chávez ordered his navy to seize seaports in Venezuelan states with major oil-exporting installations...
...weekend began well, with a 6-2 record on Saturday in the first round robin of the regatta. Harvard found itself tied with its counterparts from Boston College with the best record in their group after Day 1.This Saturday success placed the Crimson into Sunday’s top fleet, where the team struggled to a 2-7 record on the day, which was marked by very windy conditions. The Eagles took home the team victory on the weekend, bettering their solid Saturday record with an even better 8-1 record on Day 2.CENTRAL SERIES THREEHarvard’s efforts...
...Besides the F-22, other casualties will be a new search-and-rescue helicopter and the Army's Future Combat Systems program - a $160 billion fleet of high-tech vehicles and aircraft that is ideal for waging war against a powerfully armed nation-state but is of far less use for the kinds of counterinsurgency wars currently being waged. And the Navy's shipbuilding program, which has been shoddily run for years, will see some cuts. Gates also plans to cut spending on missile defense by $1.4 billion next year, while new satellite communications programs are trimmed. And the Marines...
After a hard day in court, Rumpole repairs to Pommeroy's wine bar where he knocks back several glasses of "Chateau Thames Embankment." It's modeled on the El Vino wine bar, www.elvino.co.uk, at the bottom of Fetter Lane, off Fleet Street (although there are four other branches). The bar in fact boasts a distinguished wine list - absolutely no "cooking claret" - and traditional food such as steak-and-kidney pie. Flashes of inspiration occasionally strike Rumpole in these convivial surroundings, but more often than not he returns home to Gloucester Road and discusses the mysteries of his current case with...
...fifth place finish, matching their veteran teammates in the A division with forty four points.“The freshmen performed really well this weekend,” Wareham said. “This was really a jump-in and go regatta, as we have not really done much fleet racing practice. However, we were still happy with our results.”Charleston took home the top team prize on the weekend, with the Elis from Yale and the Boston College Eagles tying for second place. The Crimson and St. Mary’s College rounded...