The latter must surely be the only option when, as the CQC report illustrates, some people have been left stranded for years in treatment and assessment centres.
-- Geneva Convention, Article 76 To play a man stranded for years on an uncharted island in last year's film "Cast Away," Tom Hanks took months, working with a nutritionist and a trainer, to lose the weight necessary to appear convincingly gaunt on screen.
KABUL, Afghanistan — Thousands of Afghans who have worked with American troops and diplomats here, often at great risk, have become stranded for years in a murky wait to emigrate to the United States, despite government efforts to speed them from potential threats in Afghanistan.
After being stranded for six years, a plane finally arrives, bearing North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, who delivers a stirring nine-day speech about switching phone plans to T-Mobile.
I feel this even more strongly after the Met's fantastical production, which offers a superb cast, headed by the charismatic baritone Simon Keenlyside in the role he created in London: Prospero, the former duke of Milan, who has been stranded for 12 years on a remote island, his throne having been usurped by his brother, Antonio.
I was there in 1994 when I followed a group of 500 Bosnian refugees who were promised swimming pools, bungalows and jobs, and ended up essentially stranded for five years at the Haji Complex, a barren site in Rawalpindi for pilgrims on the way to Mecca.
Stephano, the King's drunken steward and friend of Trinculo who tries to help Caliban overthrow his master Boatswain Master of the ship Magician Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, and his daughter, Miranda, have been stranded for twelve years on an island after Prospero's jealous brother Antonio (aided by Alonso, the King of Naples) deposed him and set him adrift with the then-3-year-old Miranda.
Page 24 Sunday Business SHACKLETON'S LESSONS: REINVENTION AND SURVIVAL As he and his crew found themselves stranded for almost two years, the polar explorer Ernest Shackleton faced many compelling leadership decisions.
Enduring love A man of many tints Creating happy endings Reprints Related items Exploration in Africa: Lovers up the NileApr 22nd 2004 Virginia FiennesMar 11th 2004He made it as far as French Guiana, where, broke and friendless, he became stranded for more than 20 years.
Forgea, a two-year-old mixed-breed terrier stranded for more than three weeks aboard an abandoned tanker in the Pacific, has been rescued.
These people were stranded for weeks.
