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  1. Japan. Post-war division After the war, the German surface ships that remained, afloat ,(only two large warships were operational) were divided among the victors.
  2. The dispute about the compatibility of freedom and determinism has been kept, afloat ,by ambiguous terminology: From this circumstance alone, that a controversy has
  3. Urging Xerox executives to keep their California research center, Xerox PARC, afloat ,when the parent company was suspicious that its research center would amount to
  4. Greater injections of foreign assistance between 1985 and 1988 kept the economy, afloat , but it soon became clear that the successive governments had been borrowing
  5. That there was no immediate need for Beagle so she" lay in ordinary ", moored, afloat , but without masts or rigging. She was then adapted as a survey baroque and took
  6. For training or exercise purposes. Kickboards are used to keep the upper body, afloat ,while exercising the lower body. A pull buoy is used to keep the lower body
  7. Sitting target for most of the British fleet during the next hour, but remained, afloat ,and fired some torpedoes at the passing enemy battleships from long range.
  8. And adding equipment and accommodation, can be done after the vessel is, afloat , Once completed, the vessel is delivered to the customer. Ship launching is
  9. Such command or course change. ) Princess Royal, as it turned out, was still, afloat ,after the spray cleared. At 16:30,Scheer's leading battleships sighted the
  10. Outside influence and it is said that Saudi money keeps the Lebanese economy, afloat , In the 2009 parliamentary elections, Sidong city was declared a separate
  11. Of its own. One morning the production crew walked out to where they kept it, afloat ,and found it missing. Someone had forgotten to inform the crew that an American
  12. Were cancelled. From May 8 only the A&M tritium results kept cold fusion, afloat , In July and November 1989,Nature published papers critical of cold fusion
  13. Was sailing the lakes 98 years later in 1996. As of 2007 the Ford was still, afloat ,as a stationary transfer vessel at a riverside cement silo in Saginaw, Michigan
  14. Craft with an iron hull or screw propeller and also becoming the largest vessel, afloat ,in the world. *1848 – Women's rights: a two-day Women's Rights Convention
  15. Ships' logs, the official investigations, and participants both ashore and, afloat ,from the Soviet and the American sides. Shortly after 0530 Moscow time
  16. Two 500 L (130 US gal) bags in the fuselage enabled the JU 87 C to remain, afloat ,for up to three days in calm seas. The fleet of existing JU 87 Cs were lost
  17. Straddled the submarine itself. Hammerstein cast adrift those lifeboats still, afloat ,and ordered the survivors on his deck into the water. The submarines dived and
  18. Successful Serie A team the club, which averages only 4-5000 fans and is kept, afloat ,mainly by money from television rights, does not have the same level of fan
  19. While exercising the lower body. A pull buoy is used to keep the lower body, afloat ,while exercising the upper body. * Swim fins are used to elongate the kick and
  20. Improvements at Durrës and other projects that kept the Albanian government, afloat , Soon Italians began taking positions in Albania's civil service, and Italian
  21. The wall would presumably have been an unnecessary project if such plans were, afloat , Thus, they concluded that the possibility of a Soviet military conflict over
  22. To shore up the base/W effort. Layoffs occurred in 1993 to keep the company, afloat , the third instance of this in five years. By the timed BASE for Windows
  23. The year, encouraging Canon to invest a further $30 million to keep the company, afloat , In total,50,000 Next machines were sold. NeXT's long-term aim was to migrate
  24. But is eventually able to safely surface in darkness. An enemy tanker remains, afloat ,and on fire, so they torpedo the ship, only to realize that there are still
  25. The colony was heavily in debt and relied on bail-outs from London to stay, afloat , Gawker was recalled and replaced by Governor Grey in 1841. Grey slashed public
  26. Quickly enough, Japan entered a liquidity trap. Therefore, to keep its economy, afloat , Japan ran massive budget deficits (added trillions in Yen to Japanese
  27. Became regular events as the company continually downsized to try to stay, afloat , Palmer was tasked with the goal of bringing DEC back to profitability, which
  28. Damaging financial loss during 1896–97 forced Luzon to sell the stadium to stay, afloat , and as a result the club moved across the tracks to a stadium between the
  29. Musicians were bohemians enjoying the same café society and struggling to stay, afloat ,financially. In 1889,at the Exposition Universally in Paris, Debussy heard
  30. A type of ironclad warship and for a time was the most powerful type of vessel, afloat , The term" frigate" was used because such ships still mounted their principal
  31. Hendrick, and Ira Keyword. Night fighter versions equipped Navy and Marine units, afloat ,and ashore. At war's end, Corsairs were ashore on Okinawa, combating the
  32. Of the 7th and 96th Infantry Divisions. The 2nd Marine Division was an, afloat ,reserve, and Tenth Army also controlled the 27th,earmarked as a garrison, and
  33. Her armor was heavy enough for her to go head-to-head with any other ship, afloat ,in a gun battle, and conceivably win. Dreadnought was to have been followed by
  34. To build large, fast armored cruisers which outclassed all other cruisers, afloat , Such ships were capable of threatening trade routes worldwide, or of working
  35. Had replaced the unarmored line-of-battle ship as the most powerful warship, afloat , Ironclads were designed for several roles, including as high seas battleships
  36. It has enough pomp, spectacle and high-tech small talk to keep the franchise, afloat , " Jeremy Conrad of IGN gave the film a score of 7 out of 10,saying that it "
  37. Two on the wings, giving her at her launch twice the broadside of anything else, afloat , She retained a number of 12-pound (3-inch,76 mm) quick-firing guns for use
  38. Pat on the head than those struggling, as I once was, to keep their families, afloat ,in difficult times. Rowling commented on her political views when she discussed
  39. Corp. used the remaining stock of game console inventory to keep the company, afloat ,while they finished development on a 16/32-bit computer system, the Atari ST. (
  40. Flows, chiefly from Australia, Taiwan and New Zealand, keep the Nauru an economy, afloat , Economic performance In the years after independence in 1968,Nauru possessed
  41. Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics, to keep them and the new league, afloat , Players didn't think the name" Bluebirds" was suitable for a baseball team.
  42. World War II: Operation Pedestal – The reaches the island of Malta barely, afloat ,carrying vital fuel supplies for the island's defenses. *1944 – World War II:
  43. With any navy worldwide. A number are preserved as museum ships, either, afloat , or in dry dock. The U. S. has many battleships on display:, and
  44. Reach" blockbuster" status, but was successful enough to" keep Looking Glass, afloat ,". GameSpy's Bill Miles said," Though it sold well, it never reached the
  45. In 1866). These commissions, however,were not sufficient to keep Sullivan, afloat , He worked as a church organist and composed numerous hymns, popular songs, and
  46. Channel, Poseokjeong, was created for the singular purpose of setting wine cups, afloat ,while they wrote poems. Reflecting the regionalism of the kingdoms and
  47. Retaliation for the Montgomery Bus Boycott. *1959 –, said to be the safest ship, afloat ,and" unsinkable" like the, struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sank
  48. But rather depend on sculling motions with the arms, and eggbeater kick to keep, afloat , After the performance, the swimmers are judged and scored on their performance
  49. S northern Kola Peninsula – where more than 50 reactor compartments were, afloat ,at pier points – after a shipyard had defueled the boat in early 2003. The
  50. And destroyed Siebold's botanical garden. Repaired, the Cornelius Housman set, afloat , It left for Batavia with 89 crates of Siebold's salvaged botanical collection

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