Word: oceaneering
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...contributor.) Can anyone objectively review films made by those who might employ him? "I?m not going to sugarcoat my reviews," McWeeny avers. But they are already pretty sweet. In his last five columns, he reviewed five films, a TV cartoon and a website. The verdicts: six raves ("Ocean?s Eleven," the "American Werewolf in London site, "The Others," "El Celo," "Heart of the Warrior" and TV?s "Samurai Jack") and one fave (a few reservations within a positive review of "Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back"). Last Christmas of seven new films, he adored five, was mixed...
...media are to blame for the sudden fear that has resulted from recent shark attacks. As humans, supposedly being of high intelligence, we should know the ocean is the shark's territory, its home. We enter at our own risk. We know from common sense that sharks live in the ocean, that surfers resemble seals and that dusk is an inappropriate time to go swimming, especially alone. Sharks are fascinating creatures of the seas and should get some respect. KIM FRILEY Columbus, Ohio...
...venerates authority and agrarian ways, not innovation and trade. "Barbarian" nations were thought to offer little of value to China. Other factors contributed: the renovation of the north-south Grand Canal, for one, facilitated grain transport and other internal commerce in gentle inland waters, obviating the need for an ocean route. And the tax burden of maintaining a big fleet was severe. But the decision to scuttle the great ships was in large part political. With the death of Yongle, the Emperor who sent Zheng He on his voyages, the conservatives began their ascendancy. China suspended naval expeditions. By century...
...when Zhu Di launched a coup d'Etat in 1402, Ma was at his side. The prince, who became the Yongle Emperor, awarded Ma an honorific surname Zheng and made him head eunuch. When the Emperor sketched out a plan for Chinese ships to sail to the Indian Ocean, he named his loyal charge to lead the fleet...
...deck, imagining what it was like in Zheng He's day. "I guess I have a bit of the same spirit," says Fan. The banks that once were filled with cheering throngs are now lined instead with tall cedars. Just ahead, the Yangtze River seems as wide as an ocean. The winds pushing toward the coast seem to be saying, "China is back...