Word: pequod
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...Still another name prefigured our fellow Starbucks. Terry first opted for Pequod, after Melville's ship, but Gordon contested that no one would want to drink at the Pequod. Instead, Gordon wanted a title associated with his native Seattle and went hunting for names in Washington state mountains. He liked the sound of a turn-of-the-century coal mine by the name of Starbo, which reminded Terry's literary penchant of Starbuck. Melville would cringe at the association...
Still another name prefigured our fellow Starbucks. Terry first opted for Pequod, after Melville's ship, but Gordon contested that no one would want to drink at the Pequod. Instead, Gordon wanted a title associated with his native Seattle and went hunting for names in Washington state mountains. He liked the sound of a turn-of-the-century coal mine by the name of Starbo, which reminded Terry's literary penchant of Starbuck. Melville would cringe at the association...
When Captain Ahab, in his relentless pursuit of Moby Dick, had a doubloon nailed to the mast of the Pequod, each member of his crew saw reflected in it a different meaning. So too was it with the findings that Starr nailed to our consciousness this year, and so too was it with Starr himself and Clinton himself. Decades hence, we will still be debating the meaning of the great Clinton-Starr struggle and picking at the lingering wounds. But I hope this issue of TIME can further the process of putting both the personal qualities of these...
...more or less, the good doctor's autobiography. It's hard to not to feel inordinately thankful that we are presented with an exploration of what is in Hullah's mind and heart rather than the menstrual cycle of Emma Bovary or dental hygiene aboard the Pequod...
...Raise the Pequod" is a an exquisite parody, both humorous and accurate, and most of The Book of Sequels rises to this standard. The reader may occasionally conclude that certain sequels in this book did not merit the space assigned to them, but one more often wonders whether, given their considerable talent, the authors may soon be adapting in earnest for Hollywood those sequels which are here presented in jest...