1.   From Lisbon, the sailing ships ventured across the Strait of Gibraltar to Ceuta in North Africa for the first Christian attack on the Moors.

2.   The Navy said the ship will not venture beyond about eight miles of Deer Island so it can scoot for home in threatening weather.

3.   Others argued that the ship had ventured too close to Caribou Island and likely struck bottom, cracking its hull.

4.   But on Saturday, Jumaa al-Fazzani, the Libyan minister of Arab unity, was quoted as saying the ship never ventured into Libyan waters.

5.   Europe had copied these advances, and from both Europe and China the first ships were venturing into the wider world beyond.

6.   The simple bombs are designed to secure a harbor or potential landing area by exploding when a ship ventures near.

7.   A spokesman for the demonstrators alleged that the Coast Guard ships were not venturing deep into the sea.