Article: Boats float.(Our Big World)

Article: Big Issue man hero of river rescue drama.(News)
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  September 5, 2000 ;     396 words ...A BIG Issue vendor who sleeps on the streets was hailed ... Parsonage managed to pull the man aboard a boat. Paramedics gave him heart massage and ... ill" last night. A spokeswoman for the Big Issue in Scotland said: "We are delighted at ...

Article: Homing in on a big issue; Best Friends Ch4, ...
Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland);  January 15, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... individuals. At the beginning of the film, Chris and Rob are Big Issue sellers, with scary hair and dirty nails. By the end, they ... ship is controlled by Nazi soldiers. The Nazis believe the boat is carrying `Thor's Hammer', which they assume to be an ...

Article: Thousands of little mussels ... One big issue; If ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  July 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... citations and more summer boat inspectors have been ... only a tiny fraction of boats are being inspected ... 40 public and private boat landings. Jay Rendall ... state's 2,500 public boat accesses. Last year, 49,000 boats and trailers were inspected ...

Article: INCOME TAX ISN'T A BIG ISSUE, FOR NOW.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  April 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... works. The prosperous economy has also lifted most boats, and the boat owners are not inclined to rock them. When Ronald Reagan ... primarily help the rich is required to keep middle-class boats afloat. With his unerring instinct for pandering to ...

Article: EUROFILE: BIG ISSUE: SINKING OF THE `PRESTIGE': The ...
The Independent - London;  November 23, 2002 ;     622 words ... ... accord with petitions and offered to send anti-contamination boats to help to stem the spread of the oil. The reaction of the ... for example, establishing a passage far from the coast for boats transporting fuel or contaminants, introducing tougher sanctions ...

Article: Letter: The BIG issue - Sink this piracy ...
The Mirror (London, England);  November 24, 2008 ;     405 words ... ... deterrent. In maritime circles, we heard that an attempted attack was thwarted when the grappling hook (a rope used to latch on to other boats and pull them in) was returned to the pirates' boat, destroying it. J Gunning, Peterborough, Cambs

Article: The big issue: Derry City Council dispute over the ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  April 8, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... talks between the Apprentice Boys and the Bogside Residents Group, brokering agreement between previously opposing groups. Such dialogue will continue. But Sinn Fein is threatening to rock the boat here as well. Sinn Fein councillor Gerry