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...cutter Cyrano. Ashore, ships of state were foundering and inflation was making even rubber ducks a luxury item. Buckley's landlubbing wife Pat was waiting apprehensively ("If he comes through this alive, I'll kill him"). But with Europe finally visible to port and Africa looming to starboard, Buckley brought his crew content past changeless Gibraltar...
...gangplank. Then he climbed five decks to the wing bridge adjoining the pilot house and ordered the long pitman driving arms of the 2,000-horsepower steam engine to begin turning the 35-ft.-wide red paddle wheel. American flags fluttered to port and to starboard. Decked out in red, white and blue bunting, the Mississippi Queen pulled slowly away from Cincinnati's Public Landing. The maiden voyage of the first overnight steamboat built in 50 years was officially under...
...brawling Democrats were uniting behind Carter while Ford and Reagan were still slugging it out among the normally decorous Republicans, showed that the parties were switching roles. The Democrats went through the primary campaign with allegiances divided among 15 candidates?from Harris the portside populist to George Wallace the starboard demagogue. Now they figured that unity would spell victory. They smelled blood because the Republicans were opening their veins like suicidal ancient Romans. The battle between Ford and Reagan is certain to intensify still more after Reagan's near-sweep last week of Missouri at-large delegates (see story page...
...driving mechanism breaks down, a red steel cage can be run out from the island to disembark stranded passengers. Wind speeds are constantly checked; service is stopped if gusts reach 45 m.p.h. On C-2's return trip, winds caused the tram to tilt 1° to starboard, according to the onboard inclinometer. "Not feeling seasick?" asked Engineer Ozerkis. "Or airsick?" If we had said yes, he would doubtless have passed out Tramamine...
...entire starboard side (or so legend has it) crabbed and Harvard's "white whale" ground to a half. Coxwain Bruce Larson called for another complete start, at the end of which the Crimson was five seats behind Coast Guard...