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On a hot summer day, a wish transforms an urban backyard into a place of breezy high-seas adventure.
Book Awards 2009
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A group of Egyptian fishermen apparently escaped from their high-seas captors the old-school way, overpowering the pirates and seizing their weapons.
Boing Boing 2009
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A wondrous creation ... an entertaining, fast-paced saga of high-seas adventure that is part fantasy quest, part political intrigue, and part coming-of-age tale.
The Red Wolf Conspiracy: Summary and book reviews of The Red Wolf Conspiracy by Robert Redick. 2009
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Imaginary Forces teamed up with Discovery to deliver a new: 30 promo showcasing the high-seas, real life adventure aboard the sea vessels.
Discovery Channel’s “Deadliest Catch” Campaign Sets Sail « Art & Business of Motion 2009
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Spadare are high-seas driftnets that have been banned by all international bodies active in the Mediterranean, the EU, and, theoretically, Italy.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Getting Serious About Illegal Tuna Fishing in the Mediterranean Lee Crockett 2011
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BRUSSELS — Japan declared an end Tuesday to a dispute with China over a high-seas collision last month and the two countries agreed to resume exchanges and projects that had been stopped because of the incident.
China, Japan End Spat Over Maritime Collision The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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And though the movie is abysmally bad in just about every respect, John Debney's score for Cutthroat Island is perhaps the best high-seas adventure music ever written, and that's a tall order.
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As for Christian, he could not bear to be bellowed at and humiliated, making him an unlikely candidate for a successful naval career in any case; but when he put out to sea with Bligh, the voyage had all the makings of a high-seas human-resources fiasco.
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BRUSSELS — Japan declared an end Tuesday to a dispute with China over a high-seas collision last month and the two countries agreed to resume exchanges and projects that had been stopped because of the incident.
China, Japan End Spat Over Maritime Collision The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Spadare are high-seas driftnets that have been banned by all international bodies active in the Mediterranean, the EU, and, theoretically, Italy.
Lee Crockett: Overfishing 101: Getting Serious About Illegal Tuna Fishing in the Mediterranean Lee Crockett 2011
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