Word: sailors
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...early teens, he fraternized with local gangs and got in knife fights. These days, however, he puts his strength into grinding winches and helping to trim the mainsail of a sleek, 25-m America's Cup?class racing yacht. Burricks' journey from local tough guy to élite sailor is just one of the remarkable stories to come from Africa's first-ever entry in the 154-year-old America's Cup, yachting's most prestigious - and the international sport's oldest - prize. Burricks is part of Team Shosholoza, a young, racially diverse South African crew defying the odds...
...avid sailor, Stone was an “extraordinary” supporter of Harvard athletics as both a donor and a fan, Harry Parker, longtime men’s heavyweight crew coach, said last night...
...gigs on NPR's This American Life and editing the Times Magazine's new "Funny Pages" feature--in addition to The Daily Show and the sequel to Expertise he's writing. "Like Tintin, I'm not one to turn down a good adventure," says Hodgman. "Even when my drunken sailor companion begs me to just stay home in the chteau for once...
...could blame her for succumbing to the strummings of the stringed septet? Just to say the word ukulele forces a smile. The name is almost certainly Hawaiian?it allegedly comes from the islanders' word for "jumping flea," bestowed after a 19th century Portuguese sailor impressed locals with his instrument's capabilities. Marilyn Monroe ran wild with one in Some Like It Hot, British Prime Minister Tony Blair took one on his last summer vacation, and in 1946, British entertainer George Formby incensed South African apartheid architect Daniel Malan by refusing to play his uke for whites-only audiences. However, although...
...abusive stepfather is out of their lives, Junelyn finally persuades her daughter to come with her - and then cries with relief. Later, the daughter says she has been on a tuna boat; she spent the previous night in a hotel room with Atto, a 20-year-old Asian sailor from the Sea Chase, who paid her for the night. Under Solomon Islands law, defiling a girl under 13 carries a life sentence, but Atto is unlikely to face prosecution. Junelyn and her daughter just want to return to their home island, and have no plans to go to the police...