We almost made it under sail and oar, but Norman, the skipper of the safety yacht, towed us the final half-mile to the anchorage.

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The key was not to try to dig a Suez-type of canal, a great sea-level trench from ocean to ocean, but to create a lock-and-lake canal, where the ships are lifted up by a series of locks to a man-made lake, and then they sail across that lake, and then they are set back down on the other side by another series of locks.

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The world's most famous cruise liner, which has made over 800 Atlantic crossings since its launch in 1967, will sail into retirement in November 2008.

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Keeping in mind the boat's ability to sail in waters across the globe, security has also been made a priority, the manufacturers say.

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Cuomo and company have made songs that have had an unbelievable impact on those folks eagerly waiting to set sail, and chances are most (if not all) of them have been awaiting an opportunity like the Weezer cruise to get closer to the group.

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The RSPCA said it made a formal request to check the sheep which was denied, and it also criticised the decision to sail.

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