Word: ship
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...burned at the stake by King Arthur's knights when he predicted that the sun would disappear. A benign form of sun worship continues to this day, not only among beachgoers but also by a group of intrepid American astronomy buffs who have traveled around the world by plane, ship and jeep, from Java to Siberia to Africa, to view each of the past dozen total eclipses...
...passengers aboard the Soviet cruise liner Maxim % Gorky had been sailing through the North Atlantic near Iceland, marveling at the dramatic Arctic scenery. Just after midnight on their ninth day out -- it was foggy, yet still light in the land of the midnight sun -- the 25,000-ton ship struck a partly submerged ice floe. Three gashes opened in the starboard forward hull below the waterline, one of them 18 ft. long...
...either bank. Until this summer, visitors who wished to savor the creamy countryside of Normandy had to cope with traffic and train schedules. But now, if they wish, they can finally take to the water and its welcome privacies. The M.S. Normandie, the first sleep-aboard luxury cruise ship to shuttle the Seine, made its maiden voyage from Honfleur to Paris this month, arriving to fireworks and Gershwin and a flotilla of welcoming rivercraft...
...ship glides along at 13 m.p.h. during the day and ties up at night, so that passengers may eat and sleep in peace without missing any of the scenery. Guests are well advised to pack carefully: shoes with nonslip soles, much film, a copy of Madame Bovary, binoculars and five fewer pounds than their ideal weight. This is, after all, the province of dense cheeses, Calvados, orchards and plump, happy cows munching the grassy slopes and thinking buttery thoughts...
...boat that, from the road, are hidden." Agreed passenger Hamilton Perkins Jr.: "We've made 35 trips to Europe, and this was the best ever. It's the most beautiful countryside I've ever seen." Those wishing to follow in their wake will have to be patient. The ship is almost fully booked for the 1989 season...