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They looked more like day laborers than seamen.
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I always thought a shipwreck was a well-organized affair, but I've learned the devil a lot in the last five minutes.
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During World War I, Germany had only 25 of its vaunted submarines sailing at any one time.
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My prophetic task would be twofold: to stand up to him, and to stand by him. To awaken his conscience, and to salve the pain this would cause him.
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He disliked the social obligations of the captaincy.
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He knew not only WHAT to wear, but HOW to wear it.
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No one ever remembered a nice day. But no one ever forget the feel of paralyzed fish, the thud of walnut-sized hail against a horse's flank, or the way a superheated wind could turn your eyes to burlap.
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...if no deliberate plan existed to put the Lusitania in danger, "one is left with an unforgivable cock-up as an explanation.
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Dodd acknowledged Congress's reluctance to become entangled abroad but added, "I do, however, think facts count; even if we hate them.
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