Word: decking
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...rafts are currently of riveted construction due to lack of a satisfactory method of welding." ¶A chemical fire extinguisher, which, when used around electrical equipment, will not generate phosgene or other poisonous gases. ¶A "non-slipping" shoe sole, "which will give good footing on an oily, steel deck of a ship rolling as much...
Onto the Mahroussa's immaculate deck stalked the eldest of Ibn Saud's 40 sons, a dozen of his dignitaries. King Farouk inclined his plump person in a cordial bow. Then they all went ashore, where a city of silken tents had sprung up overnight. For the first time ever, massive, majestic Ibn Saud, absolute ruler of the biggest, near-medieval Arab state, and King Farouk, ruler of the wealthiest, most progressive Arab state, exchanged the traditional obeisances of greeting. The two sovereigns had long been rivals for the leadership of still unborn Pan-Arabia...
...after box was manhandled up to the deck, passed to the small boats, nosing against the big hull like a prodigious litter of hungry pigs. Office workers, off-duty firemen, taxi drivers jolted out from Halifax, 18 miles away, to share in the bonanza. Cases of field rations were broken open on the shore, their cigarets and candy snatched out, the rest of the contents scattered over the rocks...
Heavy Seas at Zero. All the heavy deck cargo and 50,000 cases from below deck were salvaged. Even when stiff winds blew the temperature down to zero, the men swarmed over the ice-covered wreck, which threatened to break...
Ever since "Rum and Coca Cola's" ban from the major networks, Joe Sidnor has been frantically searching for a copy of the words. Try Ben "Showers" Nielson, Joe. A moment of silence for our old pal K.G. (Cagey) Pickle, the Birmingham Buzz Bomb. Known to the third deck and patrons of the Merry-Go-Round as a natural wit, old Kirb will really be missed by all who knew...