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  • In 1998, Nikon joined the ranks of top-rank binocular manufacturers with a premium roof-prism glass called the Venturer LX.

    Nikon Venturer LX 1999

  • Two Spanish men appeared in the Falkland Islands court on Monday morning in connection with Thursday's seizure of one million pounds worth of cocaine from the fishing vessel 'Venturer', reported the Islands radio station.

    The Croydonian 2008

  • "Venturer" of later days, with the pirate as yet, perhaps, more strongly marked in him than the patriot), -- knew well all the havens, as they were

    Chaucer Adolphus William Ward 1880

  • Within a couple of weeks of the Venturer HD DVD player arriving at my door, Wal Mart was selling the Toshiba HD DVD player for $99, and dropped the Venturer from their offerings.

    HD DVD Owners, Some Stores Want to Make Amends - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • I read about their new $200 Venturer HD DVD player last Thanksgiving and fell over myself logging on to walmart. com to buy it online (for $200 plus shipping).

    HD DVD Owners, Some Stores Want to Make Amends - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • The violent exertion shook his brain free of black cobwebs; the clean desert wind blew the nightmares from his soul and his revulsion changed to a wild tide of exultation before the desert gave way to a tangle of swampy growth through which he saw the black water lying before him, and the Venturer at anchor.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • XVI BLACK-WALLED KHEMI The Venturer swept southward like a living thing, her oars pulled now by free and willing hands.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • Men were racing frantically along the bridge above, and all hell and bedlam broke loose on the Venturer.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • The Venturer, showing no lights, stole past the port in the night, and before dawn discovered her, anchored in a small bay a few miles south of the city.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

  • All day the Venturer lay at anchor in the tiny bay, walled in with green branches and tangled vines through which flitted gay-plumed, harsh-voiced birds, and among which glided bright - scaled, silent reptiles.

    The Bloody Crown Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003

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