Word: shipped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sources, insisting on anonymity, also said the most likely U.S. ship for the talks was the cruiser Belknap, the 547-foot long, missile-armed flagship of the Sixth Fleet, based in the Mediterranean. There was speculation Bush would make the ship his headquarters and spend the night there...
...fellow, and his epic voyage was less than heroic in its details.) Matters then proceed through a number of other diverting incidents, among them the hijacking of a Mediterranean cruise liner by Arab terrorists, Jonah's sojourn in the belly of the whale, the historic wreck of a French ship and the religious experiences of an American astronaut. The localized pleasures in each chapter -- Barnes is both erudite and witty -- are somewhat diminished by the suspicion that the end design will amount to no more than academic playfulness. There is much to savor in this book and a little...
...know on the surface it looks like I'm hopping around like I'm on a cruise ship," said Byrne. "But it feels to me I'm always dealing with the same thing--different aspects of the same thing...
Most of the 1000 people housed in the Red Cross shelter at the huge Moscone Convention Center were moved yesterday to the Presidio army base and to a Navy transport ship, allowing time to prepare for the American Society of Reconstructive and Plastic Surgeons' convention Oct. 30, city officials said...
...other Middle East locales refused to admit the suspect sheep, and Jordan and Egypt would not even take them free. An Italian company finally offered to take them on consignment for resale in Europe, but Egypt balked at allowing the sheep through the Suez Canal and escorted the ship out of Egyptian waters. Last week the firm posted a $250,000 guarantee that no sheep or carcasses would be dumped in the canal, and the ship set sail for Italy. That seems like a happy ending, except possibly from the point of view of the sheep...