Word: shores
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...coast of Malaysia early last week. When it tried to dock at Pulau Bidong, an island that holds Malaysia's largest camp of Vietnamese refugees, police prevented the landing. The craft headed for the mainland, but villagers waded into the water and pushed the vessel away from the shore. In desperation, the refugees attempted to negotiate turbulent waters into the mouth of the Trengganu River. Catastrophe struck. The boat hit a sand bar and capsized. A few dozen aboard managed to swim ashore. More than 200 lost their lives...
...seven times by pirates, who took even food and water before the Vietnamese landed in Thailand. Several other boatloads were so desperate for safety that they forcibly boarded an oil-rig tugboat about 170 miles east of Malaysia. Still another 42 Vietnamese scuttled their craft just off the Malaysian shore, swimming the remaining distance so that authorities could not tow them back...
...UMass simply proved too large for the outsized Crimson at both ends of the court--especially on offense, where big men Haymore (10 first-half points) and Ken Kohlhaas took charge inside to shore up the Minutemen's erratic outside shooting...
...obvious that it amounts to instructing people when to come in out of the rain. A section on going to the beach, for example, solemnly counsels the reader to take along food and drinks, "sun protection devices" and towels. When swimming one should never wave at someone on the shore "because the lifeguards may think you are calling for help and spring into action." Baldrige laughingly admits that much of this advice is elementary, but, "of course, it is possible that people might come to the ocean from Nebraska [Baldrige's home state] and might never have been...
When you are a guest on a yacht, Tish advises, use the shower very sparingly; wait until you are on shore to wash your hair. Always bring a decent can of balls, she reminds tennis players. Tish does not deal, however, with the vexing question of whether a man should deliberately ease up on his velocity when serving to a woman. Is it condescending...