On the diplomatic side, Mongolia has been working with us on a raft of important issues -- non-proliferation, peacekeeping, on human rights.
Alcatraz was considered escape-proof, but in 1962 the Anglin brothers and Frank Morris disappeared on a raft.
Now others are working on a raft of vaccines that stimulate the immune system to attack cancerous prostate cells.
But the powers that be decided Lay should also be tried on the raft of charges that loom over Skilling.
How they will open could hinge on a raft of corporate earnings from the likes of DuPont, US Airways and Delta Airlines.
The first rescue happened Thursday afternoon, when the Disney Wonder cruise ship picked up eight people on a raft about 45 miles from Key West, the cruise line said.
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There were plenty of durable classics lying around -- like Kon-Tiki, the story of Thor Heyerdahls excursion across the Pacific on a raft, and The Worst Journey in the World, about Robert Falcon Scotts disastrous expedition to the South Pole.
No one ever expects to regain the intoxicant levels of the boom years, but neither is it considered necessarily bad to stop living beyond our means on a raft of imported dreams. (It has certainly spelled immediate relief for the environment.) Painful, difficult times allow for painful, difficult changes.
Dive boats stop on the island, and travellers can spend the time drifting in the lagoon on a makeshift bamboo raft, lounging on the perfect beaches and exploring the mangroves.
On beaching our raft downriver the guides managed to throw our freeloading passenger into the river.
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Hopkins, 53, from Greytown, New Zealand, died after being thrown from his raft on Sunday, police said.
State Police said both fell out of their raft on the Indian River, which flows into the upper Hudson, and that Fay was drunk.
That latter category was dominated by "Una Noche, " Lucy Mulloy's drama about three Cuban teenagers who plot an escape to America on a homemade raft.
In one sense, McCandless was no different than Thoreau at Walden Pond, or Huck Finn in his raft on the Mississippi, or Jack Kerouac on the road.
In places, the ground was so boggy the line had to be laid on a floating raft of logs, where it is still ironed flat by passing trains.
People come here for all sorts of reasons: to ski, climb and hike on the mountains, to raft and kayak the rivers, to camp among the trees, or explore on their mountain bikes.
It's hard to believe now, but Nokia was on the verge of bankruptcy in 1991, when it shed a raft of diverse businesses to focus on mobile phones.
One man had to be rescued from the water after the life raft he was on capsized.
It was a hugely creative period with amazing sausage-type bottle structures and invertebrate raft ideas all on the table.
Chill with the howler monkeys and exotic butterflies while ziplining through the rainforest trees, or zoom down a river on a white-water raft.
Ten men - nine of whom are British - are currently subject to TPims, which places a raft of restrictions on what they can do.
Scott Walker from the National Farmers Union of Scotland was taking part in a wide ranging round table discussion with a raft of witnesses on 23 November 2011.
The profits came on a day when a raft of other European companies posted strong profits, including consumer goods company Unilever, Spanish energy company Repsol-YPF and drug-makers Bayer and AstraZeneca.
Obamacare seeks to impose a raft of new mandates on insurance, which will add to the cost of coverage.
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Durand appeared with a raft of other whistleblowers on Oprah Winfrey's TV talk show in August 2002, regaling viewers with tales of his heroics.
The two leading banks who are vying to buy ABN Amro are sitting back and waiting for the results of a raft of legal disputes on their bids to emerge.
But Wales coach Warren Gatland has given the Dragons player an opportunity in Rome on Saturday as one of a raft of changes made from the side that lost in France.
It proposed capping discretionary spending, the sort that needs annual authorisation, raising Social Security taxes and limiting benefits, imposing a raft of cost controls on federal health care programmes, and eliminating tax breaks while lowering tax rates.
While on the island, they used their raft as a shelter, the navy said.
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