This lends itself to obvious plays on words, as with Flip Wilson's old routine about Christopher Columbus : " Columbus cried,'Weigh anchor .'A few minutes later, a crewman reported,'Two thousand, one hundred thirty six pounds . '"
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He was sent to York for the Dante Stakes an important Derby trial, where he was faced by a field that included the 2, 000 Guineas winner, Mister Baileys as well as King's Theatre and Weigh Anchor.
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Knowing the poor quality of his ships and crews, he preferred to guard a defensive position than take the offensive and refused to weigh anchor when Horatio Nelson attacked his fleet on the evening of 1 August 1798.
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Nevertheless, large, loyal and stoic crowds turned out in force in this ancient town to watch the replica of the sailing ship Endeavour weigh anchor and head, pitching and rolling, out of the harbor and into the North Sea.
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The Spanish trawler Estai, seized at gunpoint last week by Canadian authorities while trawling in international waters, was permitted to weigh anchor and leave the harbor of St . John's, Newfoundland, after its owners posted bond of $ 360, 000.
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"I think Blair is going to say, ` Let's weigh anchor for a moment on Iraq while we see what we can do about the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, "'said Steven Simon, assistant director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
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When Capt . John Fadely and his 160-member crew weigh anchor at Seattle's Bell Street Pier on Sunday, their course to North Korea will be charted with the aid of two compasses : One guided by magnetism, the other by mercy.
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Despite this, the Algerian batteries could not maintain fire and, by 22 : 15, Exmouth gave the order for the fleet to weigh anchor and sail out of range, leaving HMS " Minden " to keep firing to suppress any further resistance.
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"I think Prime Minister Blair is going to say, ` Let's weigh anchor for a moment on Iraq while we see what we can do about the Israeli-Palestinian crisis, "'said Steven Simon, assistant director of the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London.
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Since he has complete control of his time and that his staff are more than capable of running the station on their own, Harith can just hop into his four-wheel-drive vehicle and drive off to Lumut, weigh anchor and cruise into the horizon.
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