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...mano means of unmanning (were this necessary) the mewling catamites of the Left. Simultaneously I was correcting National Review galleys, sipping a very adequate Chateau Lafitte '41, playing a gripping game of trans-Atlantic telephone chess (on the other line) with dear Margaret Thatcher, and piloting the doughty vessel Military Industrial Complex across the briny reaches of Vineyard Sound...
Another "artistic" type of puzzle is the puzzle vessel. The idea is to try and find a way to drink the liquid from the vessel assigned to you without making a complete fool of yourself. Sounds simple, until you notice the holes in the sides of the cup near the lip of the vessel, making it impossible to drink in a normal manner...
Usually, the vessel has a secret siphon or straw in the handle (a remarkable feat of ceramic artisanship) with which the patron can imbibe...
...finally lowered into place. What the scientists saw & on the monitor looked like a pile of lumber under reed matting. Even so, recalled Tans, "as soon as we saw it, we knew it was a boat." Tohamy Mahmoud Ali, an Egyptian worker who had helped excavate the first vessel, broke into excited Arabic as he recognized the disassembled ship lying in its narrow pit. At one end were several upright pieces, perhaps parts of the prow...
...mapping. Using a special zoom lens, they filmed everything from the markings on the walls to the lengths of the boat's cedar planks. From the film, archaeologists hope to determine the size of the ship -- and perhaps even discover clues to its purpose. Some scholars believe the vessels were intended to carry the spirits of the dead on their eternal journey around the earth with the sun-god Ra. They disagree, though, about whether they are so-called solar boats built for the day-time sojourn across the sky or ships intended for the nighttime voyage through the underworld...