Word: smit
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...European officials fired a barrage of criticism at Swiss authorities, complaining that they had failed to supply news about the accident for 24 hours and then had not properly warned neighboring countries about the extent of the damage. "The Swiss have treated us in a beastly manner," complained Neelie Smit-Kroes, the Dutch Minister for Transport and Public Works. The Swiss assuaged tempers somewhat by accepting responsibility for the accident and stating that they would consider paying compensation. The delay in getting out information about the accident, said Swiss officials, was due to a "misunderstanding...
...forestall a disaster, the divers began carving a 10 ft. by 17 ft. hole in the hull. A giant floating crane operated by Smit Tak International, a Rotterdam company that often retrieves sunken ships from places like the war-torn Persian Gulf, will be towed out to sea on a platform to pluck out the barrels gingerly, an operation that will probably take about a month. Declares Smit Tak International's managing director, Klaas Reinigert: "Compared with all the other jobs we've done, this one's easy." Despite the intense publicity that the sinking...
...Smit answered quickly, though. With the visiting Cantabrigian nine in the field, the hosts replied with two tallies of their own in the bottom of the first. After leadoff batter Ellen O'Shea walked, Brenda Bridgharh doubled, and Jane Cucuci singled both Smith softballers onto the scoreboard. After giving up two runs, two hits and a walk before recording an out, pitcher Gerri Rubin blanked the next three batters, stranding Cucuci on third...
...MINES AND MEN is about money, a 10-degree smit from the past two productions. (Serf's Up and Sealed with a Oudhe both concerned the successful exploitation of peasants by royalists.) The first Western in the Pudding's history, Of Men appropriately concern gold, as a corps of ludierotis converge on Collier's Bluff, a gold-fevered California mining town. As the play's opening number, which had audience members nod in appreciation, succinctly observes...