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Word: liferaft (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...half a kilo of butter they had brought along as a gift for a friend in England. This experience would have soured most men on seafaring for life, but in Bombard it kindled a consuming interest in the techniques of survival. Bombard persuaded a Dutch manufacturer of lifeboat and liferaft equipment to finance his research...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WEST INDIES: The Young Man & the Sea | 1/5/1953 | See Source »

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