They called it a raft, but it really was just a bunch of logs lashed together with yellow nylon rope stolen from the mine.
You can reach it by raft, kayak or swim – at low tide, you can practically walk.
Few would have predicted it; a raft of conservative groups had rallied against Mr. Thomas, a supporter of abortion rights.
But the new hardware brings with it a raft of improvements, marking a much more ambitious attempt to get onto people's TVs.
The turn of the millennium brought with it a raft of new initiatives: broad agreement on the Millennium Development Goals refocused development towards poverty reduction, including specific health goals for maternal and child health, AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis [ 4].
I walked to the 4-way stop, people were floating across it in rafts, and mallard ducks swam in the backwater as if it were a pond.
My Rebel XT has served me fine for a couple years now, but I'd be wary of taking it whitewater rafting.
But today it announced a raft of integration partnerships that it hopes will boost its ubiquity, and hence adoption.
"We visited the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo when we were kids, and when you see the raft, it's amazing how small it is," Mr. Ronning said.
Ronning: We visited the Kon-Tiki Museum in Oslo when we were kids, and when you see the raft, it's amazing how small it is.
This may have been caused by thinks like Yippies liberating a giant supermarket opening floodlight, tossing it in the reflecting pool and using it as a raft.
