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Gangway

The opening on a ship through which cargo can be carried on or off.
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After an initial legal victory, Olivia's founder and president, Judy Dlugacz, reassured cruise-goers, "Olivia continues its course as a viable, vibrant enterprise, fully engaged in its 35-year mission to provide unparalleled travel and entertainment services to the lesbian community." The thousands of women due to flock up the gangplank on 2008's 15 cruises will be thrilled to hear smooth sailing lies ahead.
But tailbacks on motorways meant they arrived at 5.50pm, resulting in passengers having to run up the gangplank to board the ship 10 minutes before it set sail.
Designers have been quick to plunder ideas from the gangplank for the catwalk, with clothes based on Keira's character Elizabeth's nautical but nice silk blouses, tight waistcoats, boots and belts.
Stryker wheeled fighting vehicles make their way down the USNS Shughart's gangplank after their return from Iraq.
Delicate steel columns support an angled canopy high above the entrance, and a bridge plays the role of gangplank. Screen walls of 1500 interlocking steel rings diffuse light (much like the mesh facades of Aoki's stores), and shut out the intimidating mass of the high-rise hotel.
From its march down the Mayflower gangplank to its toppling of the Saddam Hussein statue, America has been a revolutionary power, consistently expanding its participation and influence in the world, Kagan argues.
The lifeboats are no match for the ferocious sea and Jennifer washes up on the shore of a remote island along with lusty Latin hired hand Manuel (Juan Pablo Di Pace), who has been undressing her with his eyes since they raised the gangplank. With no concept how to survive in the wilderness, Jennifer is completely dependent on Manuel and the two survivors kindle a magnetic attraction.
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