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...tremendous crash, the whale had struck the ship with his head under the larboard fore chains at the water's edge with such force as to shock every man upon his feet. The whale then getting under the ship's bottom came up under the starboard quarters. This gave the mate a fine opportunity to have killed him with a throw of his lance. His first impulse was to do so, but on a second look, observing his tail directly beneath the rudder, his better judgment prevailed lest a flourish of the tail should unhang the rudder...
Engineers are satisfied with the performance of the heat-shielding tiles that protected the spacecraft against the searing, 2700° F temperatures of its re-entry into the atmosphere. But they are still perplexed by many dents and chips in the brittle material, especially on the starboard side. Best guess so far: the damage was incurred during lift-off by ice and insulation that broke free of the shuttle's giant external fuel tank, which contained supercold liquid oxygen and hydrogen. Another puzzle is why the bulky, swept-winged "bird" showed greater lift than expected on descent, which carried...
...smoothest race all spring," cox Meg Ziegler said. "The switch of Theresa Munoz as starboard stroke has steadied the boat--we rowed a lot more relaxed," she added...
...contend with a strong headwind from the port side which blew us to starboard--the blades were hitting the water during a lot of the race," three-seat Charlie Storey said. "It was just as windy but not as choopy as the basin--it was definitely an uncharacteristic race, but the team really came together," he added...
...emotionally self-righteous as it now appears, the New Right has not proved itself as stable as its leaders claim it is. The movements cannot simply swear off the Reagan administration in 1982 if the Republicans don't leap quickly enough to the starboard. They will need Reagan's aid and the GOP's cooperation to solidify their opposition to liberals...