11. Born in Santos, the port city, Covas was a son of a coffee broker. 12. A few days later, at his own expense, Nasir said he boarded a plane to Karachi, the Pakistani port city. 13. A premier port city in the pre-container era, New York was where the great liners still docked and the great trains still roared into the terminals. 14. After a century and a half of British colonial rule, China regains sovereignty of Hong Kong, under assurances of semi-autonomous status for the port city. 15. After the Reverend died, Sarah moved to a port city in another state to be closer to her son and daughter. 16. But Duncan and Scott argue that when bubonic plague occurred in medieval Europe, it was generally confined to Mediterranean port cities and southern France. 17. But it was a prelude to the larger battle at Vicksburg, where Union troops captured a major Mississippi River port city. 18. But the grim figures only confirmed what many people in this devastated port city already knew. 19. But they said that after patrols and interviews with fishermen in port cities, they were reasonably certain the Cubans had not landed here. 20. But they said that after patrols and interviews with fishermen in port cities, they were reasonably certain that the Cubans had not landed. |