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...Congress for funds. He celebrated the early space rides of Alan Shepard and John Glenn as if they were great military victories. On space, he could sense the country uniting behind him even as other troubles mounted. "This is the new ocean," he told the people. "The U.S. must sail on it and be in a position second to none...
...three shots rang out, the St. Joseph headed toward open water, its crew and passengers in panic. Rushing from one side to the other to get away from the gunfire, many people fell or were pushed overboard. Then, when the boat was a few hundred yards from shore, the sail's boom broke free and swept across the deck, knocking scores more into the sea. The four policemen who had tried to stop the voyage saw the chaos and sped away, leaving hundreds in the water...
...invasion of Western Europe. His own duty was done for the day. He went down to a pier in Portsmouth to watch British soldiers board their landing craft. The biggest fleet in history -- 59 convoys strung over 100 miles, led by six battleships, 22 cruisers and 93 destroyers -- set sail toward the beaches of Normandy between 60 and 100 miles away...
...come to pay homage in Europe this week, to remember a great battle in a good cause. Bill Clinton, who begins an eight-day visit, will meet the leaders of the other Allied nations who share credit for the victory and dine with Queen Elizabeth II in Portsmouth, then sail on an aircraft carrier for a sunrise ceremony off the Normandy coast on June 6. Some may question his credibility as Commander in Chief of the U.S. armed forces because he avoided military service during the Vietnam War. But if past anniversaries of the invasion are any indication, the emotion...
...from London climaxes with an astonishing tableau. After wreaking the most comprehensive revenge that a scorned wife has ever devised -- slaying her cheating husband's royal fiance and soon-to-be father-in-law, then slaughtering her sons so her husband's bloodline will die with him -- Medea sets sail for a new life. Most stagings leave her outside her home merely talking of departure. In director Jonathan Kent's version, a wall topples to reveal Diana Rigg apparently already at sea. Hunched during her period of rage and oppression, she stands proud as a ship's figurehead, clouds streaming...