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...perhaps Fairweather's most fragile assemblage was of three old World War II aircraft fuel tanks and a silk parachute he found while living on a Darwin beach in the early '50s. These formed the basis of a 3-m raft and sail he later attempted to navigate across the Timor Sea, with the vague intention of returning to Europe. Instead, 16 days later, he washed ashore on the western Timorese island of Roti, where, in exchange for pieces of his sailing vessel, Fairweather was offered food and shelter. What nearly killed him in effect became his life raft...
...quality of life that its topography and climate should provide, Hong Kong could gradually lose its richest sector?financial services. With effort, it could be a city like Sydney, which others envy for its combination of natural beauty, efficiency, food and architecture. Sydney is a place where visitors can sail a boat, swim in the harbor, smell the sea?and still do business. Will China's movie starlets want to be filmed against a background of smog? Will the new rich from China's interior, longing for a breath of fresh sea air, flock to a smelly city? An environment...
...board had been left mostly in the dark about CNOOC's plans for Unocal, a few outside directors, including former Swiss ambassador to China Erwin Schurtenberger and Goldman Sachs Asia vice chairman Kenneth Courtis, rebelled, forcing Fu to pull back just as Operation Treasure Ship was about to set sail. Ever since, CNOOC has had to play catch-up against Chevron in the fight for Unocal...
...cancer research. But first he will have to learn to be a bit more careful. Despite warnings about the disorientation he would feel during simulated zero-gravity training on a plane, Nelson did what came naturally. "I used to think how it would be great to push off and sail through the air," he says ruefully. "So I did and crashed into the ceiling." --By Guy D. Garcia
...crew of a U.S. P-3C Orion antisubmarine plane circling overhead, substantial damage was clearly visible. The sub was venting smoke from a gaping hole behind its sail, or vertical superstructure, where a hatch covering one of the 16 missile-launching tubes had been located. Said Defense Department Spokesman Commander Robert Prucha after examining photos: "The hatch was peeled back like a sardine can." But when the nearby U.S. oceangoing tug Powhatan offered assistance, the sub declined, requesting that the tug "stand clear...