Word: shippings
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...declining years of the great, square-rigged cargo carriers was the annual "grain race" from Australia to England. Some 20 windjammers hauled anchor down under at the start of that race in 1932, but by 1949 only two were left to make the run: the Pamir and her sister ship, the Passat. One by one, the others had fallen foul of wind and wave and the economic pressures of their own huffing and puffing competitors. But even though the world of commerce chose to bypass the windjammers, there were many, particularly among the hornyhanded sailormen of northern Europe, who cherished...
...funereal hush fell over West Germany's air waves one day last week. Broadcasting stations all over the land canceled all light entertainment to stand by for news of a great ship in distress far out in the stormy Atlantic. As hundreds of Germans flocked to their churches to pray, some ten vessels of half a dozen nations fanned out into the stormy sea, and a dozen aircraft joined the search. It was no ordinary ship, buttressed with armor plate, throbbing with power and bristling with the safety devices of a modern age, that faced the furies of Hurricane...
...Madagascar natives gave me that village scene after I gave her a paintbox and some brushes. I had some birds, too, carved in rosewood and mahogany--they burn that stuff for fuel over there, you know. I lost a lot of things coming over, though. You know that ship they sunk in the Suez; it had most of my work on it. But I'll add to what's here and later on I hope to exhibit some student work in this room--maybe sell some...
Musical wound up with a .351 average. This enabled the St. Louis Cardinals' first baseman to tie Rogers Hornsby on the list of all-time NL batting leaders. ship...
...showed off some of his particular treasures. "That's a beautiful piece," he noted of the massive and elaborately sculpted oriental chair. "Genuine teakwood; you know how valuable that is. And that ship," he said pointing to a finely carved model hanging from the ceiling, "that's a model of a Philippine fishing boat. It was carved by a Harvard man. He was in the Philippines when he made it. I think the University sent him to France about ten years ago. Look at this little table. I've turned down over a hundred dollars for it." After pointing...