Word: lifes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Graham related an instance where he was asked what the greatest surprise of his life had been. He responded, "Its brevity." Submission to God, he explained, is the only way not to fear death...
...decided we'd have to abandon ship. Five minutes before we did, we heard over the radio that the Coast Guard had somebody on the way. We launched our life raft at about 8 in the morning in 55-ft. seas with 60-knot winds. It wasn't the easiest thing to do. Five men were able to get into it, and we tied it to the tug with a pair of lines. We wanted to pass things from the boat--flares and stuff--to the raft, and then climb in ourselves. But one rope broke, and then the other...
That left the three of us on board--David Lytle, Tim Chambers and me. We knew we had to get in the water or we'd get sucked under with the boat. To be honest, I was scared to death. We had life jackets on and life rings, but the life rings took off when we jumped, about 15 ft. into the water from the port side. We grabbed a broomstick to stay together and tried to paddle toward the raft, which was 300 yds. away. It was obvious that wouldn't work, and we knew we had to conserve...
...turned our backs to the waves because our life vest in the front has a little pocket of air you can breathe if you're under water. I could hear each wave from behind me like a freight train coming. Then it sounded like a jet going past, as it hit me in the back like a 20-lb. sledgehammer. The waves were like five-story buildings--light green, with whitecaps on top. As they broke over me, it all turned a real royal blue, a real pretty, beautiful blue because of the light shining through...
...world-building game from Simon & Schuster Interactive ($40). Players create corrupt 1930s towns full of gambling dens, slaughterhouses and peep shows. When you're not bribing the police or hiring gangsters, you must keep your tenants happy with new restaurants and more subway stops. Who knew a thug's life was so complicated...