Word: sailing
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...progress in medical research so far, huge questions remain about its origin and fundamental nature. In trying to understand AIDS, says Dr. William Haseltine, a leading investigator at Harvard's Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, "we have moved from being explorers in a canoe to explorers with a small sail on the vast sea of what we do not know...
...kidnaping incident lasted for barely 29 hours, and took place in a narrow, winding river between Nicaragua and Costa Rica. Involved were 29 pacifist Americans and 16 journalists. The incident began when members of Witness for Peace, a group established in North Carolina, set sail from the Nicaraguan town of San Carlos, about 130 miles southeast of the capital, Managua. The group's aim: to travel by boat along the San Juan River, which is hotly contested by contra and Sandinista forces...
...main attraction. Beginning May 6 and at $57 a night per person, cruisers will be allowed to hop off the 4,007-ton easyCruiseOne (there is no Two at this point) at any harbor, have an afternoon of fun ashore and then party the night away before setting sail for the next destination. The catch? Passengers must book at least two nights, and there's no housekeeping service unless you're willing to pay a surcharge for clean sheets...
...Normally, we don’t sail 420s and we don’t sail on open water,” Devlin said. “It was important to get in some quality 420 time at the site, but it took some adjusting...
...didn’t sail our absolute best,” senior Daphne Lyman said. “Some of the other teams—the top four or five—sent their best women’s skippers. I think we did okay, for the level of sailor that we sent...