Word: waved
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...proposed closure of the surfing museum that sounded the loudest alarms. It immediately unleashed a tidal wave of response from surfers worldwide and sparked an emotional campaign to keep the museum afloat. "It came out of the blue. We had no idea," says Dan Young, 55, of the Santa Cruz Surfing Club Preservation Society, which is spearheading a campaign to save the institution. "My phones started ringing. E-mails started flying. We basically said, 'Hell, no! This ain't gonna happen!" (See 10 things to do in San Francisco...
...Acehnese fishermen on Jan. 7 and are now being housed at an Indonesian naval base. The refugees there claim Thai marines also cut them adrift after destroying the engines on their boats, and they managed to stay afloat by erecting sails made of plastic tarpaulin. Survivors from a second wave of refugees "pushed back" from Thailand - a contingent of some 580 - have also made their way to India's Andaman Islands. It is not known whether those who landed at Aceh were part of this same group. The front page of the Hong Kong daily South China Morning Post...
...plane to keep the aircraft buoyant in the water. Pilots are instructed to keep the nose up slightly, but not so much that the aircraft slams down roughly on contact. They also are supposed to keep the wings level to prevent one from being clipped by a wave, causing the aircraft to go into a spin or break apart...
...prevailing opinion” are any matter. We promise to visit Carlos in Mexico sometime in the hazy future. My bus pulls up, and the farewell confusion sets in. Spaniards kiss twice. I still attempt a hug. We fumble through our affectionate gestures of choice, and I wave a gloved hand as my bus rattles away from the monstrous building for the last time...
...maybe even a “mother of invention”! We promise to spray your card to Registrar Barry S. Kane with your favorite perfume.Harvard Philosophy Review: Our school of “Nacho Cheesier Thought” is going to be philosophy’s next great wave, and we’re going to boogey board that baby right to the top!Harvard University Women in Business Magazine: We have some more oxymorons to fill your issue: military intelligence, pretty ugly, liquid gas, and jumbo shrimp.Harvard Economic Review: We sure need a magazine like you guys...