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...barrels and crates from the crippled Brunswick, yet another ship hove into view, from the south. Observing the ship's three masts and the plume of smoke rising from her, the whaling masters immediately concluded that she was an auxiliary steamer-so-called because she was powered by both wind and a steam-engine powered iron-screw propeller. Such vessels were rare, if not unknown, in these waters and, as the ship drew closer and they could see that she was flying a U.S. flag, speculation turned to her identity. Some thought the ship might belong to the Western Union...
...they spread throughout the vessels. Bulkheads, the upright walls compartmentalizing each vessel were torn down and piled in cabins and forecastles; the bulkheads' destruction at once created fuel and improved draft for the fire to come. The Confederates then opened all the hatches and cut the rigging. With no wind, the sails hung limp and free. Finally, before leaving, the prizes parties took fires from each of the eight ship's galley stoves and dispersed flames throughout the main decks and holds...
...undertaking a "moral obligation," one that other city, state and federal officials have shirked. "We are implementing this. We're not waiting around," he told TIME. "It's no longer good enough to explain away our problem and to point fingers." Around 41 million Americans are uninsured. They inevitably wind up seeking medical attention from overburdened emergency rooms. The political dialogue must change, Newsom insists. "If it's not going to happen through national leadership or statewide leadership," he says, "then it has to happen on a local level...
...thing producers agree on: it takes a lot of work and constant alertness to make hosting look like something a well-coiffed orangutan could do. By which measure Ryan Seacrest is the greatest TV personality who has ever lived. "You've got to be able to have the wind knocked out of your sails, like when Simon attacks Ryan, and bounce back," says Idol executive producer Nigel Lythgoe. Ur-host Griffin--who once hired Seacrest for a failed game show but is not a producer of Idol--gushes over Seacrest's stage-managing of the live show, whiplashing from moments...
...Should an enemy invade, arms could wind up in the hands of civilians like Marta Berroteran, a 64-year old housewife, who sits on a nine-member "community defense council." Standing on the beach holding a white peace flag while waiting for the virgins to arrive by sea, she says she is in charge of preparing food, water and refuge in the case of an invasion...