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  • There should have been a logistics advance team sent into the Port au Prince air - and sea-ports and checking the highways in from the Dominican Republic with 12 to 24 hours.

    Think Progress » Beck: Obama is ‘dividing the nation’ by reacting ‘so rapidly to Haiti.’ 2010

  • Forward thinking companies like A.P. Moller-Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd are experimenting with the steel boxes by loading them with manufactured goods and shipping them to foreign sea-ports.

    Build Blog » Shipping Containers 2008

  • I will continue my subject, although I have not had an opportunity to know whether you approve of my notions or not by reason of the excursions you have been pleased to allow me to make in your beloved company to the sea-ports of this kingdom, and to the more noted inland towns of Essex, Kent, Sussex, Hampshire, and

    Pamela 2006

  • I've squandered enough gold in the sea-ports of the world to fill a galleon.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • I've squandered enough gold in the sea-ports of the world to fill a galleon.

    The Conquering Sword of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • I've squandered enough gold in the sea-ports of the world to fill a galleon.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • I've squandered enough gold in the sea-ports of the world to fill a galleon.

    The Conquering Sword Of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2005

  • France, together with the sea-ports of Spain, as far as Cadiz, from whence he proposed to take a passage for London by sea; and, with this view, sent forward his trunks by the diligence to Lyons, determined to ride post, in order to enjoy a better view of the country, and for the conveniency of stopping at those places where there was anything remarkable to be seen or inquired into.

    The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

  • Many Tekayrne are settled in the sea-ports of Yemen, as well as at Djidda and Mekka.

    Travels in Nubia 2004

  • And now he could almost give odds to his tutor, though he never presumed to offer them; and trading as he did with enlightened merchants of large Continental sea-ports, who had plenty of time on their hands and played well, he imported new openings of a dash and freedom which swallowed the ground up under the feet of the steady-going players, who had never seen a book upon their favorite subject.

    Mary Anerley Richard Doddridge 2004

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