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5 Years After Blackout, Power Grid Still in 'Dire Straits' 2008
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Meantime Linschoten, with the ships Swan and Mercury, had entered the passage which they called the Straits of Nassau, but which are now known to all the world as the Waigats.
History of the United Netherlands, 1598-99 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Meantime Linschoten, with the ships Swan and Mercury, had entered the passage which they called the Straits of Nassau, but which are now known to all the world as the Waigats.
History of the United Netherlands, 1590-99 — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Meantime Linschoten, with the ships Swan and Mercury, had entered the passage which they called the Straits of Nassau, but which are now known to all the world as the Waigats.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Meantime Linschoten, with the ships Swan and Mercury, had entered the passage which they called the Straits of Nassau, but which are now known to all the world as the Waigats.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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But the five thousand in Malay Straits dollars — that is another thing.
King Rat Clavell, James, 1924- 1962
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The forces initially landed would form local bridgeheads which would be expanded into a connected landing-zone to allow the planned transfer of the following troops and to permit artillery to dominate the Dover Straits from the English side.
Operation Sea Lion Wheatley, Ronald 1958
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As far as I can make out, the navigation of Hudson's Bay and Straits is just as safe as navigation on the St. Lawrence.
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The navigation of Hudson Straits is not a new thing.
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The passage of all military ships through the Turkish Straits is in compliance with terms of an international convention that regulates passages through the straits, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated over the weekend, when he also harshly criticized the main opposition party and certain media organs for their disapproval of the government’s implementation of the convention though they were unaware of its specific requirements.
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