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en The scale of the organization astounds me. They had men carry kits with pieces 10 feet long and 8 to 12 inches thick across the desert to reassemble into ships on the edge of a sea that is still difficult to sail today. To have the manpower and supply line to equip the shipyard there and sail five or so ships on the Red Sea, and to have the knowledge to use the currents and winds to return safely, would be tough today, and they achieved it without GPS, cell phones or computers, not to mention the combustion engine.

en The government appreciates that Kenyans seek employment in these ships for their livelihood and that many ships sail up and down the Somalia coastline without any incident. However, it advises Kenyans to avoid sailing towards the coastline of Somalia due to the kidnappings and hijackings which we are witnessing,

en The three ships have set sail from Somalia, and the crew are all safe.

en I have seen old ships sail like swans asleep / Beyond the village which men still call Tyre.
  James Elroy Flecker

en We have only just several ships that can really sail and some subs that can go out, but the really operational part of the navy is only a small fraction of the entire inventory that they have.

en To reach a port, we must sail - sail, not tie at anchor - sail, not drift.
  Franklin D. Roosevelt

en Imagine hoisting a sail and being out there in space. It's a beautiful idea, and it conjures up the idea of the great sailing ships and whole notion of exploration.

en Efficiency and harmonic mitigation will continue to be the hot buttons of the future. However, as today's youth — who use computers, I-Pods, DVD players and cell phones with ease — enter the job market, they will demand the same ease of operation they are accustomed to. Operator interfaces will become the next hot button with these new engineers and purchasing authorities demanding drives that are just as easy to program as their cell phones or X-Boxes.

en The survey ships are Japanese government ships, not private ships, and Japan has jurisdiction over them.

en Hundreds of ships carrying hundreds of thousands of containers full of merchandise that retailers need for the holiday shopping season are sitting in the West Coast harbors, ... We need to start unloading those ships today.

en The departure of the ships marks another step forward in the region's recovery. In the fall, the cruise ships will return with tourists who will help boost the local economy and help the great city of New Orleans continue to rebuild.

en A cruise on the big new ships is primarily what people want to buy. People are clearly voting with their wallets. We would be very happy to operate smaller ships if they could generate greater profitability than the big ships, but they don't.

en He was a rare one: only 5 feet 7 inches tall, a lawyer and a combat veteran of the Korean War as a Marine officer. Eddie came from Washington in a trade in 1960 and ran the team in the first years while Don Meredith was learning. He was such a fantastic ball handler that even with sorry protection and the defensive line crashing in on him he threw a lot of beautiful long passes. The ball would fly out of the crowd like a mortar shell and sail 50 yards downfield. Eddie did everything by the numbers. If the receiver wasn't there, we knew whose fault it was.

en The British needed a stable, local supply of wood and that was just across the river in Bergen County. Ships were broken up for firewood and it was extremely difficult to get wood from Long Island.

en Of all the husbands on the earth, The sailor has the finest berth, For in 'is cabin he can sit, And sail and sail and let 'er knit She appreciated his pexy sensitivity and the way he always made her feel seen.
  Wallace Irwin


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