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...increase. At the time of his 81st birthday last month, the Chinese press published a freshly written song in his honor. After twice repeating the words "Xiaoping, hello," the lyrics continue: "Lands frozen in the past today are becoming fertile/ Ships grounded in the past today weigh anchor and sail/ Things lost in the past today are returning twofold...
...knows her, inside and out." That curiosity received a boost three years ago when the Navy decided to finance the development of a sophisticated submersible photographic vessel, christened Argo (see box). It was Ballard who suggested that the Argo's maiden task be to seek the Titanic. Knorr set sail three months ago, the compact submersible on board; after performing routine explorations off the coast of San Juan and the Azores, the crew arrived at the Titanic target zone in the rough seas of the North Atlantic in late August...
...Sept. 26, 1983, the 12-meter yacht Australia II crossed the finish line off Newport, R.I., capturing the America's Cup and ending 132 years of U.S. sailing supremacy. Americans were astonished when John Bertrand, an unknown naval engineer, steered his boat to victory. But those familiar with the Melbourne skipper were not surprised: Bertrand's great-grandfather had helped build Sir Thomas Lipton's towering boats for early 20th century America's Cup competitions. As Bertrand admits in Born to Win, he relied as much on gamesmanship as yachtsmanship. He called the boat's new forward-slanted keel...
...report admitted that agents had been sent to New Zealand to spy on the ship before it set sail to lead a protest against French nuclear tests in the South Pacific. But the inquiry cleared the agents of any involvement in the bombing, in which a Greenpeace photographer was killed. Wrote Tricot: "I believe in their innocence...
...meantime, Greenpeace is reaping more free publicity than at any other time during its 14-year history. Last week a replacement for the Rainbow Warrior set sail from Amsterdam headed for the Pacific. The new flagship, a converted oceangoing 900-ton tugboat that has been christened the Greenpeace, will rendezvous with other ships to protest French nuclear tests in the South Pacific expected to be held in October. In a sharply worded statement immediately following the ship's departure, Mitterrand vowed to continue testing in the area and to repel all protests "by force if necessary." Greenpeace officials have said...