Word: sailing
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...gusty river racing against hereditary peers. Yet last week, there I was, piloting Boat 17 in the highly combative 12th annual House of Commons versus House of Lords Boat Race. My boss, a Labor Member of Parliament, willingly put his life literally in my hands--he'd never sailed before--in order to equal the score with the Lords. I was there because I knew how to sail, and, in a moment of supreme stupidity, I said I would like to sail on the Thames...
...simply a male history--it is as much a history of privilege and class. My working-class MP, who represents a former mining community in the North East, was almost as out of place that day as I was. Maybe more so; after all, I could sail...
...confusion and insomnia or slightly slow down its relentless progression. Still, Alzheimer's assault on the brain varies enormously from person to person. Even five or 10 years after a diagnosis, some people have only modest memory loss while retaining old skills like the ability to play golf or sail a boat--or, for that matter, to recall long-ago happenings. Alzheimer's, moreover, is one of the hottest areas of scientific research. Already scientists have identified some of the genes involved in the growth of the nerve-cell-killing plaques in the brain that are widely suspected...
...important to sail on, little by little, toward the shores of light...
Elizabeth will probably sail on for another 30 years, but in 2003, Cunard will launch a bigger and even more resplendent sister ship. The Queen Mary will be the largest passenger ship ever built, with palatial interiors to accommodate 2,500 guests. It will have suites, staterooms and apartments--not with portholes but each with its own private balcony. Mary will also have her own onboard brewery...