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Word: mikhanik (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Usage:

...m.p.h. winds to continue the search for survivors of the Ocean Ranger's 84-man crew, which included at least 14 Americans, a Soviet freighter 65 miles east of the rig radioed that it was taking on water and listing badly. Before dawn Tuesday, the 4,262-ton Mikhanik Tarasov-bound from the St. Lawrence River port of Trois Rivières to Leningrad with a load of newsprint-slipped beneath the waves, taking all but five of its 37-man crew to their deaths. By week's end 40 bodies had been recovered from both vessels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Disasters: Wreck of the Ocean Ranger | 3/1/1982 | See Source »

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