Its predecessor, the Queen Elizabeth, made its final journey from New York in 1968 sailing down the Hudson as thousands watched from office buildings, the piers and Batter Park.
Final thoughts: So the Lions battered out the park any hopes of South Africa recording a whitewash.
In the next few weeks, you may become one of the many people who head down to the local park, battered wooden racket in hand, in a burst of post-Wimbledon enthusiasm.
Ten days later, he ripped his clothes off his back, ran out naked into the street near his San Diego home, slammed his hands repeatedly on to the pavement, battered himself against parked cars, and screamed obscenities until he was eventually led away by police.
For 15 minutes she and her calculus students — none of them with coats — stood in a parking lot battered by a fierce wind off Lake Ontario.
After the region was battered by Katrina, City Park was one of the first places to look for and find progress, Mouton said.
For ministers and Olympic officials considering the future of the £496m Olympic Stadium in the wake of a bitter legal row that has taken in allegations of spying, subterfuge and the Olympic Park Legacy Company, battered by 18 months of criticism and delays, it will come as a huge relief.
No V.I.P. Heliport, no endless chain-link fencing and battered traffic barriers, no rows of parked garbage trucks.
No part of the Disney empire is insulated against trouble.Through its theme parks, the company has been battered by the downturn in tourism.
The scars of war heroes are fresh and great country houses are battered from the military's occupation, their parks dug over for vegetable plots.
