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...Harbor Township, N.J., a large fecal deposit closes down a stretch of water for several days...
...before Bridgestone (the name comes from the surname of the company's founder, which translates as "stone bridge" in Japanese) took over the factory in January 1983. During preliminary negotiations with United Rubber Workers Local 1055, the plant union, an angry blue-collar leader became abusive, brought up Pearl Harbor and asked the Japanese present to get out of the bargaining room. To his amazement, they did, flying all the way back to Japan. A deal governing labor relations was struck only after the union wrote an apology and formally asked Bridgestone to come back...
...offset maintenance costs further, many owners charter out their boats. Missy Harvey, managing director of Yacht Charters Unlimited in Rowayton, Conn., says, "Nothing does more for the ego than to be aboard the biggest, most beautiful yacht as it pulls into the harbor." Rates run $49,000 a week for Parts V, $30,000 for the Atlantique (which has been chartered by, among others, Sophia Loren, former Secretary of the Treasury William Simon and FORTUNE 500 executives) and $29,000 for Never Say Never. The charter party must also pay for fuel ($50 to $75 an hour), food, dockage...
Ancient Greece seemed to come back to life as the ungainly wooden ship glided across the harbor. Her prow bore a threatening ram, her stern a boastful curve and her sides bristled with 170 oars. The launching two weeks ago of the trireme,* a replica of the fabled warship that helped the Athenian navy dominate the Mediterranean during the 5th and 4th centuries B.C., was the culmination of a five-year project. As the ship's oars plunged into the wine- dark waters off the island of Poros, John Morrison, the retired Cambridge classics don who helped lead the effort...
MANAMA, Bahrain--Harbor officials closed part of an anchorage yesterday where six mines were found and crews from four nations searched for more in the busy facility off Fujairah, Just south of the Persian Gulf...