Word: shores
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when three shots rang out, the St. Joseph headed toward open water, its crew and passengers in panic. Rushing from one side to the other to get away from the gunfire, many people fell or were pushed overboard. Then, when the boat was a few hundred yards from shore, the sail's boom broke free and swept across the deck, knocking scores more into the sea. The four policemen who had tried to stop the voyage saw the chaos and sped away, leaving hundreds in the water...
...lost seven members of his family, including a brother, sister and several cousins. "We do not know how many are dead because the ship left so quickly we don't know who got on and ( who died," said 23-year-old schoolteacher Sanon Janot. "We found bodies along the shore all day, and many we know were taken by the currents out to sea. Some of the dead came from far away and have no families who can name them...
...Cold War, may breathe easier thanks to Czech President Vaclav Havel. Last night, President Clinton accepted Havel's offer to house the broadcasters in the former Czechoslovakian parliament building in Prague -- rent-free. The stations, based in Munich for four decades, said the move would shore up their 1,500 employees' morale, but TIME State Department correspondent J.F.O. McAllister says few really want to leave their comfortable German surroundings. The Czechs, he adds, are only too happy to import a prestigious Western operation, especially this one: "All the intellectuals really loved Radio FreeEurope (when the Soviet empire held sway throughout...
...tobacco company -- resigned after six years on the job, in a move that stock traders say underscores the consumer products giant's commitment to cigarette production. Nonsmoker Miles' plan to separate the embattled tobacco branch from the rest of the company looks unlikely, and company executives are preparing to shore up their image on Wall Street. The stock has been on a long, downward slide over the last decade...
...drinking, tough-talking swamp rat and boat genius in New Orleans who developed the square-front wooden tubs that ferried Allied soldiers and their equipment onto the beaches. On the morning of June 6, 1,500 Higgins boats nestled aboard the larger transports, the crucial link between sea and shore...