Word: twins
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...sails, hand-stitched with silk, was too picturesque to refuse. So it was something of a disappointment to discover the sails were pure decoration: diesel engines power the vessel. Other modernizations, however, met with wholehearted approval. Below deck, the Huang Hai is loaded with creature comforts. It has eight twin-bedded cabins with attached bathrooms and hot showers. Inside the pilot's hatch is a consoling array of gadgetry, including a global positioning satellite system. And the galley is a paneled dining hall that seats 16 with a magnificent solid-wood table and, behind the stove, a chef from Hanoi...
Bavis’s B.U. hockey ties also run in the family. His twin brother, Mike, played alongside Bavis in college and is currently entering his fourth year as an assistant coach with the Terriers’ hockey program...
...York officials said yesterday that 4,763 people are unaccounted for, and many fear that no one else will be found alive in the rubble. Rescue workers continuing to sift through the debris from the 110-story twin towers yester day, but found no survivors...
...Boston's Logan Airport, American Airlines Flight 11 lined up for its scheduled 7:59 am takeoff. The plane is one of aviation's workhorses, a Boeing 767, a twin-engine, twin-aisle that many air carriers use to bear the burden of heavily traveled domestic and international routes. It is the third largest plane Boeing makes, after the enormous 747 and the 777. On this fateful morning, the 767, which can carry a maximum of 269 passengers in a combination of first and coach classes, was less than half full, with only 92 souls on board. But the aircraft...
...business office: only 38 passengers were on board, about a quarter of what the plane can typically hold. The Boeing 757 is smaller than its 767 sister; it has only one aisle and can carry up to 192 passengers in a two class configuration. It is also a twin engine plane, and would also be fully loaded with fuel for its cross country trip, carrying some 11,000 gallons of jet fuel. The 'seven-five' as aviation pros call the plane (Boeings are often referred to by a 7 and the next number, a 'seven-three...