Word: manofwar
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...feel like the F train in New York just ran over me, but emotionally I'm exhilarated," exulted Nyad between sips of champagne and whiffs of oxygen. The marathoner attempted the feat three weeks ago, but gave up after being stung by a Portuguese manofwar; this time she sprayed herself with latex, "prayed to the Portuguese man-of-war god," and proceeded to finish the 89-mile swim in 27 hrs. and 38 min. Now she will pursue her other goal: the 130-mile crawl from Cuba to the Florida Keys. If she succeeds, it will be her last...
...Reverend Myles Cooper. An ardent Loyalist, Cooper has been residing in England since he escaped from an angry mob of Patriots last year by climbing over the college fence and fleeing half-dressed to the Hudson's River bank, where he hid until taken aboard a British manofwar...
...Negroes began arriving in 1619, when the first Negro immigrants, a group of 20 indentured servants, landed in Virginia aboard a Dutch manofwar. In the next two centuries hundreds of thousands more came to the U.S.-most of them shackled slaves aboard ships out of West Africa...
...Empire of China is an old, crazy, first-rate manofwar, which a fortunate succession of able and vigilant officers has contrived to keep afloat for these 150 years past, and to overawe their neighbors merely by her bulk and appearance; but whenever an insufficient man happens to have the command upon deck, adieu to the discipline and safety of the ship. She may perhaps not sink outright; she may drift some time as a wreck, and will then be dashed to pieces on the shore; but she can never be rebuilt on the old bottom...
...remark about Sweden was based on what I had read in an American magazine. Since then, I have−had many friends who have returned from Sweden and told me that I was wrong. I admit it and apologize for my error." Later, touring a salvaged 17th century manofwar, Ike noted with a grin that the ship's lion figurehead had lost its tongue. "Maybe it would be better if some of us also didn't have one," he said...