Pretty is a passionate advocate of apprenticeships, aiming to bridge the gap between education and a raft of industries – and is committed to expanding apprenticeship provision.
Ben and Jenna fed and watered the animals twice a day, hauling 50-pound bags of feed and wading through mud or freezing slop, in between school and a raft of extracurriculars (each plays three sports).
We stood on a cliff and watched young volunteers playfully race a raft between ferry runs, tossing up wide wakes.
A shaft of sunlight illuminated our colorful little flotilla -- four rafts, nine kayaks and a cataraft (a cross between a catamaran and a raft) -- as we entered the gorge.
It was also clearly a propaganda event at a time of heightened tensions between the United and China over a raft of issues, including differences over how to handle Syria's violent crackdown of protests and suspicion in Beijing over the reassertion of American power in Asia.
Originally from Kabul, Afghanistan, their dream to start a new life in Europe sent them walking through the snow in the mountains between Iran and Turkey and into a raft with dozens of other families to cross the Aegean Sea to Greece.
On Goodenough Island, Australian patrols from the 47th Infantry Battalion found and killed 72 Japanese, captured 42, and found another nine dead on a raft between 8 and 14 March 1943.
Sam has broadcast live from a raft floating between polar icebergs, danced the salsa on "Despierta America" and interviewed countless newsmakers, celebrities and chefs.
As she was preparing for action, out of the shadows of the union frigate came this short, squat, alien machine, famously derided by one southern sailor as "a cheese on a raft"; it placed itself between the enfeebled Minnesota and Virginia.
Since Mr. Ma's inauguration, a raft of breakthrough agreements between Taiwan and China have yielded a pair of pandas for the Taipei Zoo; the opening of direct shipping, postal and air links; and an arrangement that last year allowed 1.2 million mainland tourists to visit — and spend money — on the island.
