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That is where the tragedy began. After his fire-control technician, Patrick Seacrest, had failed to realize the Ehime Maru's proximity, and after his officer of the deck, Lieut. Michael Coen, had scanned the sea with the periscope, Waddle took the scope and did a search. "When I looked out to Oahu I could see the peaks of the mountains and then a white belt. I thought, 'That's odd--I've never seen that before.'" The white haze made the small white hull of the Ehime Maru hard to distinguish. Waddle did not linger, though, since...
...Comics exhibit this summer with a panel discussion at the annual comic book spectacular in San Diego. “In fact, the museum was originally going to be named ‘The American Comic Book Art Museum,’ because we wanted to have a global scope,” revealed Gabriel. However, the museum decided to go with “New York,” rather than “American,” since a great deal of the initial focus would be on the art and artists residing in New York City...
Having proven his considerable prowess helming small, intimate films (Juliet in Love, Bullets Over Summer), director Wilson Yip tackles this grand scale event with mixed results. On one hand, his flair for the visual aesthetic has never been better. Skyline Cruisers easily matches the blockbuster Hollywood action films in scope and grandeur; none of the cost-cutting so common in Hong Kong productions is to be found here. Yip gets the most visually out of every cent in his large budget. The futuristic architecture of Kuala Lumpur is photographed to its best advantage, and it is a rare shot indeed...
...response to PSLM's actions, a high-ranking committee of faculty members and administrators released a 100-page report last spring recommending that the University enlarge the scope of worker benefits, including health insurance, education and access to campus facilities...
...back yard as a Palestinian is by trenches dug across roads. Perhaps they do not understand that Israelis are as human as Palestinians, and that we all weep when our sons, daughters or ten-month-old infants are caught in the crosshairs of a sniper’s scope and then blown into pieces...