mariner
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"Every mistake that could be made was made, and each of the parties was complacent," Tsui told AFP last year, referring to testimony by shipyard directors, inspectors and mariners.
From Barron's
Martino, the merchant mariner, said the influx of newcomers has benefited the city in many ways, with food only one example.
We meet the mariner as he stops a wedding guest on his way to the church, and “holds him with his glittering eye.”
"Every mistake that could be made was made, and each of the parties was complacent," Tsui said, referring to testimony by shipyard directors, inspectors and mariners.
From Barron's
For the Navy, which operates only a small number of cargo ships and relies on commercial carriers and mariners for most of its needs, the shortfall could be crippling.
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