Word: porting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...foreign military bases in Asia be removed, foreign armed forces stationed in Asian countries be withdrawn, the remilitarization of Japan be prevented, and all economic blockades be abolished." Later a spokesman embarrassed explained that Chou's "foreign troops" did not include Russian troops at China's Port Arthur, who were there to prevent Japan from committing "aggressive acts...
...Togue, menhaden is known as pogy, and catching pogy (for oils and fertilizer) is the hard work they do from April to November. The fishing day begins at 4 in the morning, when the mate, who tells the story, bangs on the weather-beaten shacks of a Florida port town and rounds up the men; sometimes it ends before dusk, sometimes later. Where the ship hunts for pogy is strictly the business of Captain Crother. a white man who rarely cracks a smile because the Moona Waa Togue is his last stop on a downhill career. How much pogy...
...close to shore, promptly loses a second net when its base is sucked fast into the sandy ocean floor. Still another catch has to be let go when baby sharks begin to shred a third net. In final irony, the Moona Waa Togue is almost within hail of home port with her decks piled high with pogy when a storm drives her down the coast, washes a man overboard to his death, and chops the ship up like kindling wood...
...high because of frequent language difficulties, the student faces an almost identical barrier on his arrival here. Even after passing the original requirements imposed by the consulate in his country, he could be sent back if he doesn't also fulfill similar ones at the immigration agency in his port of entry...
Guatemala's anti-Yanqui bosses muscled in on another old-line U.S. company last week. The firm was W. R. Grace & Co., which for 25 years had managed the lightering and warehouse operations at the Pacific port of San José through a local affiliate in which Grace held a 64% stock interest. After refusing to renew the port company's permit, the government "intervened" in its affairs but ordered Grace officials to run the port until a new management could be found. Guatemalans heard that the owners would be forced to part with enough stock shares...