Word: porting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...warning in August that "U.S. naval ships will be at the mercy of Chinese-controlled pilots and could even be denied passage by Hutchison" and Buchanan's charge last week that the transfer compromises national security may be somewhat exaggerated. "Hutchison is one of the world's finest port management companies and few observers believe it's an arm of the Chinese military," says TIME Latin America bureau chief Tim McGirk. "Besides, under the treaty with Panama, U.S. Navy ships keep their privilege of cutting to the front of the line of vessels waiting to pass through the canal...
Dressed to the nines in tuxedoes and bow ties, dresses and heels, over 100 people headed for the Owl final club's booze cruise Wednesday night. But their ship never left port...
...PORT Left side of the boat...
...rowed much better today than in our practices this last week. The Empacher (E1) sets up better than the Vespoli boat (although from 2-seat I can still feel it leaning to port a little), and my seat doesn't stick like it did in the other boat. Tonight as I'm going to sleep I'll be telling myself, "Sit up, arms away quick, jump on the catch, race...
...going to vote for the king of broads and blackjack, pre-nups and palaces in a year when the public is looking for a grownup as an antidote to Bill Clinton? "All my construction guys love me. The guy who picks up the bus at the Port Authority, gets $50 in chips and a ticket for the all-you-can-eat buffet and takes the missus to the Trump Taj Mahal, he loves me," says Trump. He takes further comfort in a National Enquirer poll that shows him at the front of the pack...