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When Worlds Collide #11: The Titanic’s Lessons to Remember
Text of my ‘When Worlds Collide’ column published in Ceylon Today Sunday newspaper on 15 April 2012 Exactly one hundred years ago today, RMS Titanic — the world’s largest passenger ship — sank on her maiden trans-Atlantic voyage. Several worlds … Continue reading
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Tagged A Night to Remember, Allan Brett, Arthur C Clarke, Bruce Ismay, Captain E J Smith, CQD, Guglielmo Marconi, Harold Bride, Indian Ocean Tsunami of December 2004, Jack Phillips, Morse Code, Newfoundland, RMS Titanic, SOS, Walter Lord, William MacQuitty
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