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Ocean Liner Summary
784 words, approx. 3 pages
Ships have carried passengers across the oceans for centuries. Yet, it was not until the early 1800s that true ocean travel was established. Up until then, ships sailed only when they had a full load of cargo and passengers. Because international trade...
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Ocean Liner
115 words, approx. 1 pages
Large merchant ship that visits designated ports on a regular schedule, carrying whatever cargo and passengers are available on the date of sailing. The first liners were operated in the North Atlantic, notably by Samuel Cunard of Britain, beginning in...
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Great Britain
109 words, approx. 1 pages
first Atlantic ocean liner that was built of iron and had screw propulsion. It was the world's largest ship at the time of its launching (1843) and was 322 feet (98 m) long with a tonnage of 3,270. Designed by the British engineer Isambard Kingdom...
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Ocean liner Information
2,754 words, approx. 9 pages
An ocean liner is a passenger ship or passenger-cargo ship that transports people and often freight from one port to another along regular trans-oceanic routes according to a schedule. The term also refers to vessels designed to engage in such trades,...


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Mechanical Engineering-CIME
The resurgence of the ocean liner.
07/01/1989: 2,464 words, approx. 8 pages
THE RESURGENCE OF THE OCEAN LINER After being badly tossed about by the airlines for years, cruise lines have found smooth going again. Many of the old liners have been updated with new propulsion machinery, state-of-the-art navigation equipment, and engine-room automation. A...
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The Boston Globe
Echoes Of The Age Of Ocean Liners
01/09/2004: 888 words, approx. 3 pages
THE LARGEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE PASSENGER SHIP EVER BUILT, THE CUNARD LINE'S QUEEN MARY 2, IS SCHEDULED SOON TO DEPART ENGLAND ON HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO THE NEW WORLD 164 YEARS AFTER THE FIRST CUNARDER CROSSED. BUT THE ECONOMICS OF OCEAN TRAVEL HAVE CHANGED...
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AP News
Performance artist: Mariner or moron?
8/4/2007: 378 words, approx. 1 pages
Duke Riley: Artist. Patriot. Moron?On the morning after his arrest in New York Harbor, the skipper of a ramshackle replica of a Revolutionary War-era, wooden hulled submarine found himself splashed across the city's front pages Saturday in less than flattering terms."SUB MORON," declared the New...
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AP News
Tommy Hilfiger winds down Fashion Week
9/12/2007: 334 words, approx. 1 pages
You'd think over the last two decades, Tommy Hilfiger had done everything to a navy blue blazer that he could. It is, after all, the staple of his preppy style.But he showed the New York Fashion Week crowd on Wednesday that he's got a few...
 


 

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