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  • Blake from Oklahoma is given quick scuba-diving lessons so he can propose underwater to his fiancee, who is sitting next to Gayle in a glass-bottomed boat, using large cards - just like that scene in "Love Actually," which was sooooo romantic, except the guy was not proposing because Keira Knightley had already married his best friend.

    Regis, like Oprah, signs off Lisa De Moraes Lisa de Moraes 2011

  • Let's start by replacing the satellite which went scuba-diving near the South pole (OCO) last February.

    Bolden Update - The Waiting Game - NASA Watch 2009

  • Quad-biking through the breathtakingly beautiful South African forest will be followed by snorkelling and world-class scuba-diving.

    Setting off on a South African adventure 2011

  • Authorities faced similar problems in the aftermath of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which dumped salt on thousands of acres of farmland, destroyed coral reefs at popular scuba-diving sites and left a film of gasoline and oil in mangrove forests along the coasts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and elsewhere.

    Japan's Farmers Confront Toxins From the Tsunami Eric Bellman 2011

  • Find out how best to release holiday adrenaline, by surfing, snorkelling or scuba-diving offshore – or, if you're a real adventurer, by swimming with sharks.

    Setting off on a South African adventure 2011

  • In his illustrious career, only one academic title seems to have eluded him: scuba-diving instructor at Tufts, a job he sought, he says, because it would have amused him to list the credential on the "flyleaf of my next book."

    The Man Who Defined Deviancy Up Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • The AP is already speculating potential locations, such as Queen Elizabeth II's Balmoral Estate in Scotland, Australia for a scuba-diving getaway, a private island in the Caribbean, the Seychelles islands or Jordan.

    Prince William and Kate Middleton Put Honeymoon on Hold 2011

  • We meet at yoga, ballet, and film-editing classes, art exhibits, tech seminars, scuba-diving vacations, theatre groups and wine-tasting festivals.

    Kristen Houghton: Women's Relationships Aren't Age-Specific Anymore Kristen Houghton 2011

  • Vladimir Putin's apparently remarkable discovery of two ancient Greek urns on the floor of the Black Sea during a scuba-diving expedition was staged, the Russian prime minister's chief spokesman has admitted.

    Vladimir Putin's chief spokesman admits Greek urn find was staged 2011

  • Rockwell declined a part in 1997's G.I. Jane because the scuba-diving scenes looked too cold.

    Sam Rockwell of 'Iron Man 2' stays visible and working 2010

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