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According to Yesawich, Oasis is tailor-made for first-timers--hence the park, the golf, the shows. "Getting them on the ship is the big hurdle," says Brown. "So the way to get a ton of them up the gangplank is to make it as much like land as possible." Apparently, irony floats...
...observed, "Alaska is a foreign country," a statement legally false but true in terms of culture and attitude and location. Recall how the story begins. It is June 2007, and a ship docks at the remote port of Juneau, a place tightly bound between sea and mountains. Down the gangplank walks a pair of pundits - Barnes and editor William Kristol - bound for lunch with an unknown first-year governor. A few hours later, the two reboard their cruise ship, delighted to have found a Republican fresh as a glacier breeze, seemingly tough as a sled dog and unsullied...
...last time he and his wife had had an actual conversation was upon their arrival at the ship that would take them to Italy.“I presume that you have taken care of all household matters,” the Viscount had said, climbing the gangplank of the vessel as Roxanna huffed behind him with the Viscountess’ bags.“I did. And I presume that you have spoken to the tenants and... other servants,” the Viscountess replied. There had been a questioning lilt to her voice...
...would-be defector was quietly returning to the Marshal Konev until an officer of the ship talked to him at the gangplank. Then Medvid suddenly jumped into the water once again and swam back to shore. There he was caught by the pursuing Soviet officer and handcuffed while struggling violently. He even began beating his head against rocks. He was carried aboard the Konev, still kicking and screaming. On the ship, he slashed his left wrist in a possible suicide attempt...
...wave of publicity the QM2 is generating can only help. But Cunard's latest icon will require delicate navigation. In November, when a gangplank collapsed at QM2's French shipyard, killing 15 people, headlines proclaimed a "jinxed" ship. A shipboard virus on the high-profile QM2 or a fine for polluting the sea would be certain to be heard around the world. Not to mention the ultimate nightmare--a terrorist attack. But as police boats patrolled in Southampton last week and Gurkhas formerly from the British army provided security on board, private boats charged to take gawkers as near...