harbor
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In 1749, Brook Watson, a 14-year-old English youth serving on a merchant ship, was swimming in Havana harbor when he was attacked by a shark.
They discovered that melanocytes from tanning bed users carried nearly twice as many genetic mutations as those from the control groups and were more likely to harbor mutations associated with melanoma.
From Science Daily
The long shots in “Battleship Potemkin” are equally eloquent—ships at anchor in the dusk, a line of mourners stretching as far as the eye can see along a harbor wall.
Two months later, on Nov. 15, 1856, Neptune’s Car, gleaming and shipshape, enters the harbor of San Francisco.
The 60-year-old bridge is a local symbol to surrounding communities and supports tourism across the harbor area.
From Los Angeles Times
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