Word: sailing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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sand, and in the water opposite the Carlton Hotel, where the big-money deals are made, bobbed a flotilla of eight boats, each with a different letter painted on its sail: SUPERMAN...
...clear that the powers and purposes of both parties are becoming thoroughly circumscribed. It would be lamentable if some day the nation's two great political parties were reduced to performing merely decorative and ceremonial duties, with candidates taking the party label in the same spirit that ships sail under Liberian registry-a flag of convenience, and no more. - Lance Morrow
...River. Busy first day sightseeing. Second day, to Peking for manic 14-hour slog that takes in Great Wall, Forbidden City, sumptuous banquet. Third, more Shanghai. Shopping, sights and concert. Fourth, to Wusih and on to Soochow for the night and another crammed rubbernecking day. Sixth, Shanghai. Seventh, sail for Canton. Eighth, ninth and tenth days at sea: slide shows, lectures, no chopsticks. Eleventh, arrive Canton. Temples, museums, other sights. Twelfth, by plane to beautiful Kweilin, two days. Fourteenth, back to Canton: another temple, shopping, concert. Fifteenth day, to Foshan for temples, pottery factory...
That fools sail our ship of state...
...most enjoyable aspects of the tournament is a chance to fish with French Canadian fishermen who sail the boats in the tournament. Most of the professional fishermen are tightlipped men who grew up in the nearby fishing villages and are now in their sixties. One exception to this rule is a fellow named Norman who Zewinski befriended a few years ago. "Norman's a little borneo," Zewinski says. "He has the hot rod of the boat fleet, a boat called Red Sun. One night we went into a bar with him and he ordered fifty beers...