The Captain can refer to: Captains, in general. Often called the captain. The Captain (album), the solo debut album of Australian country music singer Kasey Chambers. The Captain (1900s magazine), a magazine for young boys. The Captain (1967 novel), a...
With hockey's ultimate leader, Mark Messier, back in the Big Apple, we take a bite out of the most prestigious, player leadership honor in pro sports: the NHL captain MARK MESSIER'S FIRST NAME isn't "Captain." It only seems that way. As brilliant...
Following company command, an officer can expect to be assigned to a developmental position where there is an Army and engineer requirement for a branch-qualified captain. These positions range from an observer-controller or trainer at one of the combat training centers or in an...
The captain delivered for the Royals. Mike Sweeney hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning and Kansas City beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 Wednesday night."It was a fastball he left in the middle and I was able to capitalize," Sweeney said. "Something finally...
Roger Penske's two passoins are racing and business. He has integrated them masterfully for 40 years, and has been incredibly successful at both. Penske retired from an outstanding career as a driver in 1964 to become owner of a Chevrolet dealership in Philadelphia. Today, the...
The first half of "The Captain" … is as predictably exciting as a TV show. With a soothing combination of instinct, courage, and coincidence, the Dutch captain maneuvers his tugboat to England just ahead of the Nazis, contains the jealousy of his crew, sidesteps the bullying of shipowners, and survives a British sangfroid that looks more and more like cold-bloodedness. But suddenly we are in deep waters…. What began as a successful, rollicking tale of the sea fails as soon as Mr....
["The Captain"] is a master's narrative of an ocean experience. In his newest sea journey, [Jan de Hartog] is in full command of his material and his ship of men…. The author's debt to Conrad and to his "The Secret Sharer" is evident, but it is a debt that is also asset and capital. De Hartog's own intimate knowledge of the sea and his extraordinary skill in pacing his narrative makes for a wonderful combination with the novel's literary allusiv...
