Word: watered
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...number four West Minnesota (32-12-1) at number one East Boston College (29-7). Water Polo...
...nearby dredging tug sounded the alarm, then scrambled aboard the upturned starboard side of the disabled Herald. They hacked holes through the double-glazed porthole windows and began lowering ropes to pull passengers out of the maze of inner compartments, which were quickly filling with ice-cold sea water. A flotilla of small boats soon surrounded the upended ship, and seamen searched for passengers who had been hurled into the water from open upper decks. Susan Hames of Coventry, who was pitched overboard, said a little girl was in the water with her. The terrified youngster cried, "I'm going...
...first couple of hours of the frantic rescue effort, officials held out hope that passengers might still be alive in air pockets inside the vessel. But doctors pointed out that potentially deadly hypothermia sets in soon after submersion in icy water, and by the time the rescue operation was suspended early Saturday morning, no real hope remained for those who had not been found...
...vehicle deck, which was holding 88 cars and 36 trucks, suddenly swung open. The car deck flooded, causing the vessel to tip over. Peter Ford, managing director at Townsend Thoresen, the British company that owns the Herald of Free Enterprise, acknowledged that "somehow the doors burst open and the water rushed...
...legislative battles. Since the start of the 100th Congress in January, the Democrats have snatched the political agenda from the Republicans. In addition to forming two special committees to investigate Iranscam, the resurgent Democrats have been challenging Reagan on Central American policy, arms control, taxes, trade issues, the clean-water bill, aid for the homeless. As the White House hunkered down, G.O.P. congressional unity started crumbling. , "The effect was devastating," said Representative Lynn Martin of Illinois, vice chairman of the House Republican conference. "We were sort of helpless. A Carter malaise had struck Republicans...