Word: sail
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...narrative's fascinations is that for anyone whose forebears arrived in the U.S. within the past 150 years, a bit of family history is fleshed out. Brinnin is eloquent about the horrors of steerage, and he makes even the magnificence of first class on the old sail-equipped sidewheelers sound impressively grim...
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Diplomatic Switch. Some deck passengers will sail with Macmillan to the very end. Others will drop off at Port Said (page 179), after Macmillan has taken them through the Suez adventure. Even there they may depart dissatisfied. For Macmillan, one of the Cabinet few who probably knew all (he was reputedly a member of an inner ministerial group known cynically as the Suez "Pretext Committee"), chooses not to tell all. Perhaps inhibited by Britain's 30-year rule on state secrets, Macmillan sticks with the official version that Britain and France landed troops only to separate Israeli and Egyptian...
...Continent at a time of 3.9% unemployment, high by British standards. Housewives were worried that the Common Market's steep agricultural tariffs would send food prices soaring. British fishermen, distressed by rules that open the waters of one nation to the trawlers of all, recently held a sail-in off Brighton, displaying banners that read SAVE OUR SOLES...
...wind blew fairer and increased throughout the day. With a fourth, first, and second over the next three races, Harvard held a two point edge over Tufts and Navy going into the last race. Faced with the dilemma of which of the two teams to cover, Koch decided to sail his own race and hope for the best. The Crimson was forced to play catch up as Tufts got off to a perfect start. Relying throughout on sound tactics and flawless crew work, Koch worked his way his way up among the fleet leaders to finish third and preserve...