Word: launching
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...shipbuilding binge that is likely to increase competition and may result in even more variety and better prices. All told, the number of available passenger berths on cruise ships is expected to jump from today's figure of 61,000 to some 77,000 by 1991. Carnival intends to launch three 2,000-passenger superliners, starting with the Fantasy next year. FairMajesty, the first of three 1,400-passenger ships ordered by Sitmar < Cruises of Los Angeles, is scheduled to be delivered in January...
...butt of the joke an invitation to lecture in the U.S. At that point, in late 1881, Wilde had published one slim volume of poems to generally hostile reviews. No matter. New York City newspapers were so avid for a glimpse of this exotic flower that they hired a launch to ferry reporters out to Wilde's ship the evening before its docking. The press discovered plenty to report: a large (6 ft. 3 in.), broad-shouldered subject who parried their questions adroitly. His response that he had found the ocean voyage uninteresting eventually made its way into a headline...
...seventh week of embryonic growth, reported Chief Researcher David Page, the presence of the TDF gene appears to launch a process that leads to male sexual development; without it, the fetus will be female. The scientists, whose findings appear in the Dec. 24 issue of the journal Cell, caution that the evidence is still circumstantial, and the discovery will have no immediate application. Even so, says UCLA Geneticist Larry Shapiro, "they have begun to unravel one of the most complex mysteries of biology. We have a long way to go, but this is certainly a major step along...
...details certainly sounded impressive. According to contra leaders, more than 4,000 U.S.-backed rebels crept for days through dense jungle to launch a fierce surprise attack on three mining towns in northeastern Nicaragua. In the hamlet of Siuna, the invaders routed 750 defenders, blew up an airfield and seized enough Soviet-made weapons to supply 1,000 troops. Their biggest coup was the destruction of a Soviet GCI radar unit that formed the heart of Sandinista air defenses for the region. Jubilant rebel leaders called the two- day assault the most successful offensive of the six-year civil...
Israel continues its crackdown on Arab rioters. -- The contras launch an offensive. -- A titanic ferry disaster in the Philippines...