Word: gulf
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...night we met, Forbes came to the back of his chartered Gulf Stream turboprop and asked me, of all people, the inside story on the AOL-Time Warner merger. When I told him I had hoped to ask his take on the whole mess, along with his advice on what to do with the stock, he said sell. "Nobody ever lost money taking a profit," he said. Two days after I didn't take his advice, God punished me. The stock had dropped 25 points...
...month's Security Council chairman - U.S. ambassador Richard Holbrooke, who'll have to find a new nominee unless Russia backs down on Ekeus - is made more difficult by the growing anti-U.S. drift in Moscow's foreign policy. Although Russia has long opposed Washington's policy in the Gulf, its opposition hasn't been particularly forceful. But with a new strategic doctrine that explicitly views the U.S. as an adversary whose influence is to be curbed, Moscow may not be inclined to help Washington out of a tight spot. On the other hand, Russia can't afford to push...
Even so, a Syrian treaty would be a cost-effective strategic victory for Washington. It would open the way for Persian Gulf states to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. It would leave only Iraq and Iran outside the U.S. orbit. In that part of the world, peace may come at a high price, but the one thing more expensive...
...crying in the boat when the fishermen picked him up, half crazy from his loss, and the sharks were still circling the boat. --Ernest Hemingway, On the Blue Water: A Gulf Stream Letter...
...distance between Cuba and the mainland is less than 150 miles, a thumb's width on most maps. During the dusky gulf afternoons, it's possible to look out from Cuba's beaches and "see" the U.S. rippling on the waters. It's an optical illusion, but for young Cubans the mirage--and all its glitter of hope, promise and opportunity--is too real to resist. Most balseros expect a speedy journey, and some find...