Word: horned
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Before the regatta we were worried because the races were held in the Naval Academy's 14,foot Skipjack Class sloops," coach Mike Horn said. "Not all of the girls had experience with this type of rig, and we were afraid they might have some trouble adjusting...
...Robbie is aggressive enough to be a good sailor, and he has the confidence," Harvard sailing coach Mike Horn said last night. "These are the two things it takes to win; you just can't go out and round the buoys," he added...
Crowhurst had embarked on a passage that he was largely unequipped to complete-morally or materially. When, three weeks out of Teignmouth, he realized that his leaky boat would never weather the full voyage around Cape Horn, he had too much of himself and his fortune invested in the project to return, and was gradually forced into fraud. He sailed slowly through the deserted South Atlantic, doctoring his log and dispatching radio messages of his progress round the world...
...liar and a fraud at times, as well as a man sometimes given to self-dramatization. But he was also at times ruthlessly, brilliantly objective. No one will ever know for sure whether poor Crowhurst was right or wrong when he decided that he could neither weather the Horn nor carry his fraud to a successful conclusion. · Peter Swerdloff
...Gregory cheered visibly each time he spotted a woman driving alone. Whenever one passed, he waved happily and gave the air-horn cable a long, hard pull. Air-conditioned, stereo-equipped cabs keep truckers cool, clean and reasonably contented. From his perch in the sleeping bunk behind the seats, Graves observed: "I know most people think of us as big, brainless, sweaty old men, but today there's a lot of drivers dressed better than most people." Some even wear neckties on the road. Drivers are no longer required to help with the chores of loading and unloading; mechanics...