Word: skippering
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...killed 28 Enterprise crew members during training maneuvers off Hawaii in January 1969. Still, Captain Kelly had just recently learned that, after commanding the ship for 3½ years, he had been recommended for promotion to commodore. Although a civilian pilot was advising Kelly during the harbor entry, the skipper declared, "I am totally responsible for what happened." A Navy investigation will determine whether Kelly's new broad stripe was lost in the mud, along with the proud ship's dignity...
...division with Rony Schok as the skipper and Ann Skartveds as the crew the Crimson boat tied Brown for first. Skipper Jamie Jenkins and crew Gail Aidinoff won in the B division...
...deny that the Red Sox don't have a pitching staff that could throw its way past Gilligan and the Skipper? But that's never kept real fans from maintaining some hope, which usually doesn't fade until the Fourth of July, or at least Memorial...
Nobody involved in the case has yet been convicted of any crime, although arrest warrants were issued in 1980 in Britain for four men, including the Lebanese American owner and the Greek skipper of the Salem. The South African government has no intention of pressing the matter. After all, explains Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs P.T.C. Du Plessis, South Africa operates in the world petroleum market under "extremely unfavorable conditions." And besides, he contends, the buying of crude oil, even under ordinary circumstances, is "always risky...
...boats, lawns and inlets of Island Farmhouse (1969) and the beauty of the countryside speaks for itself, basically unaltered by the artist's interpretation. Or the observer can join Porter for some salty see spray on The Mall Boat (1973) in which, like scene form On Golden Pond, the skipper at the helm navigates through the shallow channels and rocky islands near Great Spruce Head...