Word: sail
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Racing yachtsmen who have made the long, downwind thrash from California to Hawaii are convinced that the trans-Pacific race is the toughest test of men and ships yet devised. Sail, rigging, hull and nerves are strained to the breaking point as crews drive their craft before the northeasterly trade winds over most of the 2,225 miles of open sea between San Pedro and Honolulu...
...Empress will make her maiden voyage next spring and will sail weekly between Canada and Britain, catering especially to the economy-minded family trade. She will carry only 150 first-class passengers, but will have tourist accommodations for 900. Her predecessor of the same name was famed for her luxurious ballrooms and bars; the new Empress will advertise its battery of washing machines, dryers and ironing rooms for parents traveling with children...
Springing the prisoner is no more trouble than Hollywood usually finds it. Clark and a couple of pals simply sail up the Pearl River to Canton, sneak ashore, knock two or three Red guards on the head, open the door of precisely the right cell, and escape to freedom with the Reds chasing foolishly after them. Displaying scarcely more hesitation than a plump matron deciding between a chocolate eclair and a napoleon, Susan lets her husband -who seems glad to get away - fly back to the States, and chooses Clark as her soul mate. Their final clinch halfway...
...towers and farmhouses that dot Quebec's landscape today. Special ships from France brought the volunteer files du Roi (the King's girls) up the river to marry the lonely habitants and populate New France. In 1759 the river betrayed the colony. The British were able to sail their fleet up its broad stream, conquer Quebec and end the French regime in Canada. But some 50 years later, the river's strategic role was reversed. It served as a protective moat, helped to turn back American forces trying to annex Canada to the newly formed...
...existing locks and canals will be done so that a minimum 27-ft. channel will eventually run all the way from the Atlantic to the western tip of Lake Superior. When it is ready, 75% of the world's ships-all but the biggest ocean liners-can sail to the center of the continent...