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    On the Penguins: The years in numbers -- 16-30  Nov 22, 2009
    Give the nod to Bob (Battleship) Kelly, whose wrist shot was almost as dangerous as his fists, but there is no shortage of contenders for the top spot. Greg Polis and Mike Bullard were skilled enough to be selected for all-star games, and Rick Tocchet's blend of talent and toughness was a lot like Kelly's. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)

    Hasbro Family Game Night Review  Nov 21, 2009
    Battleship:Thanks to great sound effects and a nice amount of visual flair, it's actually quite satisfying to sink an enemy vessel in Battleship. And there are two new modes not found in the board game, Salvo and Super Weapons, if you get bored with regular Battleship -- and you will ... Some games were just meant to be played by two people in the same room, and Battleship is one of them. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Critic's Rave: Direction, performance elevate 'Goats' above absurdity  Nov 20, 2009
    e., G.I. Joe, Transformers and get ready for movies based on the board game Battleship and the Stretch Armstrong action figure) and the continuing popularity of basing movies on popular novels ( Twilight, the upcoming The Lovely Bones. The idea is all about minimizing risk in an inherently risky business. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)

    Hoping 'Avatar' is the new face of filmmaking  Nov 17, 2009
    But though "Avatar" might be all that, it also defies conventional Hollywood wisdom that today's blockbuster movies need to be "pre-sold" as bestsellers ("Harry Potter," "The Lord of the Rings"), comic books ("Batman," "X-Men"), toys ("Transformers," the upcoming "Battleship") or based on other movies (every sequel ever made). Thus the novelty of "Avatar" could also be its biggest liability. (FOX59, IN)

    interview with Cormac McCarthy  Nov 17, 2009
    What's going to happen is there will be the two extremes: the franchise films that are now getting onto brands like Barbie, and Battleship and Ronald McDonald; then there are these incredible, very low-budget digital films. But that middle area, they just can't sustain and make it work in the current model. (Harper's Magazine)

    Family fun at the public library Saturday  Nov 17, 2009
    A total of 60 people of all ages turned out to take part in playing board or cards games such as Sorry, Battleship, Phase 10, Scrabble, Operation, Sequence, Boggle and more. Pizza and beverages were also provided. (Charles City Press, IO)

    Daily guide to television and radio  Nov 14, 2009
    Black Ops 9 p.m. (TMC) A military task force investigates the slaughter of the crew on a battleship. Lance Henriksen. (Boston Globe)

    MOVIE BLOG: 'Monopoly' - The Movie  Nov 13, 2009
    But with Monopoly getting the green light and with Candy Land and Battleship on the way, it seems as though board game movies arent going to go away just yet. Here we come Yahtzee. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)

    Veterans Day parade marches on in S.F.  Nov 10, 2009
    For years, the two were at odds about their views on peace and war until Sanchez began researching Latinos' participation in World War II and learned more about his father's service as a battleship machinist. "They were doing their duty," he said. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Chicago Bears' offense sputters,even in victory  Nov 2, 2009
    Before the Bears game, Ryan told Cleveland reporters that Cutler "could throw a strawberry through a battleship.". If Ryan likes Cutler so much, maybe he could offer him insight on how to fix a Bears' offense that, seven games into 2009, isn't close to midseason form. (FOX61, CT)

    Browns D-coordinator: Show up and back team  Oct 31, 2009
    "He could throw a strawberry through a battleship," Ryan said. "He's got a huge arm.". (ESPN -- Football)

    World Monopoly Champion from Norway  Oct 24, 2009
    Oscar Garcia of The Associated Press (October 23, 2009) gave a of the final moments: Christopher (playing the battleship) landed consecutively on Pacific Avenue and North Carolina Avenue, and he couldn t afford the combined $1,600 rent. (I m) the most surprised you could ever be, Knappskog told The Associated Press; Knappskog won $20,580 in real money for the title - the total amount in the bank of a standard Monopoly game. (Suite101.com)

    He wins $20,580 (in real money) at Monopoly  Oct 24, 2009
    Bjorn Halvard, who graduated this year from the Oslo Private Gymnasium school, captured the title on Thursday when the battleship token of 25-year-old Geoff Christopher of New Zealand landed consecutively on Pacific Avenue and North Carolina Avenue, and he couldn't afford the combined $1,600 rent. "(I'm) the most surprised you could ever be," Halvard told The Associated Press. (MSNBC -- International)

    Norwegian teenager banks $20,580 in world Monopoly win  Oct 24, 2009
    It took him just over 40 minutes to beat the battleship brandished by Geoff Christopher of New Zealand. He said he was "the most surprised you could ever be" after his victory. (BBC News -- Europe)

    DISAPPEARANCE: Reporter's diary adds clue  Oct 21, 2009
    The Navy ordered six warships into the hunt, including the battleship USS Colorado from Pearl Harbor and the aircraft carrier USS Lexington from San Diego, 4,000 miles away. On July 3, a day after Earhart vanished, her technical adviser, Paul Mantz, suggested to reporters that she had crash-landed in the Phoenix Islands. (USA Today -- Life)

    Hasbro 3Q profit rises 8.8%  Oct 20, 2009
    Hasbro 3Q profit rises 8. 8 pct on cost-cutting. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)

    The games people play at Play Date  Oct 18, 2009
    Saturday night at Jillian's Billiards Club of San Francisco: Two men square off over a game of dominoes, a couple try desperately to sink each other's battleship, and four girlfriends gather at a table, fighting to be the ultimate Trouble champ ... Monopoly, Hungry Hippos, Jenga, Checkers, Trouble, Battleship, Scrabble and Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em Robots were among Jillian's more popular. (San Francisco Chronicle)

    Scapa Flow tragedy: Warship remembered  Oct 16, 2009
    Seventy years after it was torpedoed by a German U-boat, the Princess Royal has joined some of the remaining survivors of the battleship Royal Oak to commemorate those who lost their lives. More than 800 people died when the ship was attacked at its base in Scapa Flow, in what remains one of the darkest days in the history of British naval warfare. (BBC News -- UK)

    WWII's Missouri heads toward major refurbishment  Oct 15, 2009
    "We're not going to address or handle this win any different than we do any other week' HONOLULU -- Four tugboats gently maneuvered the iconic World War II battleship USS Missouri into a dry dock on Wednesday, where it will undergo a major refurbishment.The vessel, now a memorial and museum, is a symbol of the fiercest Pacific battles. It has been moored for the last 11 years in Pearl Harbor, where a Japanese attack on Dec. 7, 1941, prompted the United States to enter the war.The "Mighty Mo,"... (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    Today in History - Oct. 14  Oct 14, 2009
    On Oct. 14, 1939, during World War II, a German U-boat torpedoed and sank the HMS Royal Oak, a British battleship anchored at Scapa Flow in Scotland's Orkney Islands; 833 of the more than 1,200 men aboard were killed. On this date. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)

    O.A.R. set to perform at the Battleship Amphitheater  Oct 9, 2009
    Popular roots rock band O.A.R. (Of a Revolution) is set to rock the boat at the Battleship Amphitheater Saturday, Oct. 17. The band, which will kick off its fall tour Oct. 14, will be making its third stop in Wilmington. (The Seahawk, NC)

    Oct. 8: A fierce box-office battle mounting in summer 2011  Oct 9, 2009
    I absolutely adored The Smurfs as a kid, but the film is sandwiched between Captain America and Battleship and is preceded by Transformers 3 Harry Potter and now Pirates 4 ... I m still thoroughly confused about how Battleship is going to work and the studio isn t helping by saying that all plot details will be kept under wraps. (Carroll County Times, MD)

    Hollywood's New Toys  Oct 4, 2009
    have bought the rights to Lego, Dreamworks bought View-Master, and Universal bought Ouija, Candyland, Battleship, and Barbie ... They know the game of Battleship ... And called out the Battleship movie for being nothing more than "shameless promotional tie-in material." The biggest complaint is that there is no reason most of these movies need to be tied to a product. (Suite101.com)

    On the Penguins: Games that made the arena  Oct 4, 2009
    Not only was St. Louis on the short end of a 4-1 final, but watched the Civic Arena crowd embrace Steve (Demolition Derby) Durbano and Bob (Battleship) Kelly, who had been acquired from the Blues six days earlier. When Durbano and Kelly were among the players honored as stars of the game, they came out of the runway with each raising the other's arm. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)

    Wal-Mart selling 100 $10 toys for holidays  Oct 1, 2009
    Several board games are available for $10, including Connect 4, Battleship, Monopoly, Trouble and Jenga, among others. After last year's dismal holiday, toy retailers are ramping up competition for consumers' dollars as the crucial holiday season approaches. (AZCentral -- Business)

    Wal-Mart’s list of $10 toys grows  Oct 1, 2009
    Several board games are available for $10, as well, including Connect 4, Battleship, Monopoly, Trouble, and Jenga, among others. Remembering last year s dismal holiday revenues, toy retailers are ramping up the competition for consumers dollars as this year s holiday season approaches. (Boston Globe)

    Extra Points Archive: The Athlete, The Artist  Sep 24, 2009
    The second was in 1984 when the Naval Academy came to Chapel Hill, and Navy officials invited the Mortons to their guest box in Kenan Stadium to say thanks for his work spearheading the establishment of the USS North Carolina battleship memorial in Wilmington. "The first time, he drove Julia crazy," says Harris Prevost, a long-time friend and aide of Morton's at Grandfather Mountain. (Tarheelblue.com)

    ‘Do It Yourself’ presents the sum of its parts  Sep 20, 2009
    Ortega has taken a haggard-looking Volkswagen Beetle, in battleship gray, and pulled it apart, so that every detachable component, from the door locks to the inner tubes, has been separated and extended in space along horizontal or vertical axes. The parts have been suspended from the ceiling, the logic of their positioning perfectly maintained. (Boston Globe)

    Get-Well Gamers Charity Raffle to Take Place at Austin Game Developers Conference  Sep 15, 2009
    Winner Will Receive EVE Online Caldari Raven Battleship ... The lucky winner will receive a battleship, donated by CCP, the creator of EVE Online. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)

    Report: Loggerhead Turtles at Risk of Extinction  Sep 4, 2009
    "These trends are very difficult to reverse. It's like turning a big battleship," said Blair Witherington, a research scientist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission who helped write the report. "We really ought to be doing it now.". (Fox News)

    Collective security: Putin draws a lesson from World War II  Sep 2, 2009
    45am when a German battleship opened fire on a Polish fort in Westerplatte on the Baltic Sea. Mr Putin, along with leaders of two dozen nations from both sides in the war, were due to gather later in the ruins of the fort to remember the beginning of history's bloodiest conflict, which killed at least 50 million people, including 6 million Jews in the Holocaust. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    Children's Board Games That Teach L...  Aug 30, 2009
    Battleship, by Hasbro for ages seven and up is a board game of strategy and logical thinking. Each player must hide his ships while trying to find his opponent's ships and destroying their fleet. (Suite101.com)

    'Jon & Kate Plus Eight' Recap: A Day With Mommy, then...  Aug 19, 2009
    Kate, meanwhile, took the three 5-year-old boys to visit the battleship North Carolina in Wilmington, N.C. (The three little girls were presumably being watched by Ashley, the family friend who had accompanied Kate and the children on their vacation ... Just like last week s trip to the serpentarium, the battleship visit entailed a ferry-boat ride to the mainland, and like most episodes, it relied heavily on the little kids cuteness ... Kate told the camera that she always tries to build some... (Fox News)

    Lego Movie Being Built  Aug 13, 2009
    The success of and for Hasbro has woken Hollywood up to the potential of movies based on toy lines, with the likes of Monopoly, Battleship, Stretch Armstrong, Max Steel, Hot Wheels and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe all now set to get their own films. Lego has already been used to great effect in a series of videogames, with the likes of Indiana Jones, Batman, Star Wars and soon Rock Band all immortalized in the iconic Danish building bricks. (IGN FilmForce)

    Blind women help detect breast cancer  Jul 31, 2009
    "It's like the game Battleship," he added. "You have the exact location.". (CNN -- World)

    Why S.F. needs the 49ers  Jul 17, 2009
    It is a perfectly lovely place with a population of just over 100,000 people, most of whom would love to have a football stadium in their midst, even if it is a battleship in a bathtub. I remember talking to Bill Walsh about his team's return from winning the 1982 Super Bowl. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)

    Among the many Virginia foster children, Audwin seeks a permanent home  Jul 15, 2009
    But he loves Battleship "because it works your brain.". Audwin also loves to be outside: swimming, kayaking, roasting marshmallows, riding bikes and playing go-karts. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)

    Outdoor LCD Window Thermometer  Jul 13, 2009
    UPDATED DAILY Monday, July 13, 2009. Are you still worried about global warming. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Samsung Omnia II  Jul 11, 2009
    Battleship drinking game player rewards losers. Things that best friends just have to do. (New York Post -- Entertainment)

    Made for you  Jul 5, 2009
    Every floor of every motel building in the country has an ice machine; every convenience store sells it by the sackful, and every drink you are served contains lumps of ice big enough to sink a battleship. All cold drinks in America are served at a temperature which could cryogenically freeze human tissue. (BBC News -- Americas)

    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Review  Jul 5, 2009
    space-walk on the surface of a battleship. There are multiple side missions that will help expand your understanding of the story as well. (IGN Xbox)

    Letters                Jul 5, 2009
    " Wow, makes the Bible, the New Testament, the Declaration of Independence, the US Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, or the speech given by General Douglas MacArthur on the battleship Missouri at the end of World War II seem nanoscale in comparison. I think even the mindless buffoon Homer Simpson could have babbled out a better response. Yet, no account on how nary a peep is protested as Lord Obama and his Obots are trying to bring the Marxist/Leninist/Stalinist/Maoist utopian socialist... (Asia Times Online)

    The Ultimate List: Multi-Boot Games  Jul 5, 2009
    Chess, checkers, dominoes, reversi, backgammon, Battleship, Connect Four, and Shanghai. all two player, and they only need one copy of the game. (IGN Game Boy)

    Battleship Drinking Game  Jul 3, 2009
    IGN: Battleship: The Drinking Game ... Battleship: The Drinking Game ... July 2, 2009 - It'd be pretty hard to find a kid that didn't enjoy a few rounds of Battleship while growing up. (IGN Gear)

    * [FILM REVIEW] The movie industrys new plaything  Jun 26, 2009
    Last year it announced a deal with Universal in which at least four more of its best-known brands, including board games like Monopoly, Battleship and Candyland, would be turned into movies by industry heavyweights like Ridley Scott and Gore Verbinski. This story has been viewed 354 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Steel Makes the Day  Jun 24, 2009
    Color-wise the Ducks again will sport green, yellow, white and black in jersey colors plus steel (looking very much like battleship grey) in pants, but no more yellow pants. Also gone are the yellow (pea-green) helmets. (eDuck.com)

    Feller Returns To MoundThe Hall of Fame's oldest living member turned back the clock, pitching in an old-timers' game.  Jun 23, 2009
    Ninety-year-old "Rapid Robert" Feller, one-time flamethrower of the -- he of the 266 wins, three no-hitters, and four prime years spent on a World War II battleship wearing a different kind of uniform -- was, indeed, seated behind a folding table on the sidewalk. Some uninformed passers-by might have assumed Feller was a kindly gentleman selling tickets for the VFW's 50-50 raffle. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- MLB)

    MURRIETA: Fathers, sons bond over Battleship (7)  Jun 22, 2009
    MURRIETA: Fathers, sons bond over Battleship : North County Times - Californian 04-24-2009 ... MURRIETA: Fathers, sons bond over Battleship ... Bob Marincic and his son Matthew, 11, plan their attack during a father-son Battleship game Friday at Lamb's Fellowship Church in Murrieta. (North County Times)

    Spotted®: The focus is on you!  Jun 6, 2009
    Shipmates that served aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) will hold their 36th annual reunion Sept. 2-8 in Norfolk, Va. For information, contact (803) 469-3579 or (203) 281- 4693. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Wolfenstein Details  Jun 3, 2009
    The trailer shows B.J. infiltrating a German battleship, dispatching Nazi officers and sailors before being cornered and then narrowly escaping thanks to a magical amulet that decides just then to show off what it can do. That sets the stage for the adventures in this game, as B.J. must discover where the amulet's powers come from. (IGN PC Games)

    Wilzig, Grangers await decision on track, again  Jun 3, 2009
    Both Wilzig and the Granger Group are firmly entrenched, and the town is in the middle, like a battleship with missiles lobbing over us, back and forth, he said. Fitzsimmons also noted, with some relief, that at least the issue of the garage/motorcycle storage building has been put to rest. (Hudson Register Star, NY)

    Battlestations Review  May 20, 2009
    The array of naval equipment is even greater; there are submarines, PT Boats, destroyers, light cruisers, cruisers, battleships, and carriers ... And there's nothing quite like engaging in a pitched naval and air battle, with battleships blazing away with their huge guns and maneuvering amidst the splashes of near misses ... Each mission can have multiple stages; you might have to do everything from clearing the enemy fighter cover from the skies to taking control of an aircraft carrier and... (IGN PC Games)

    Berg Boards Battleship  May 19, 2009
    Connections for Battleship ... Details for Battleship. (IGN FilmForce)

    Smith: Peacock a fit for Athens hall  May 16, 2009
    He could jerry rig a battleship. He abhors the thought of retirement, which is why you see him getting his hands dirty every day as he goes about repairing and installing something or other at some construction site somewhere or other. (Athens Banner-Herald)

    Gunn student remembered as 'smart, caring' classmate who loved music, video games  May 9, 2009
    Other games that involve battles include Risk, Battleship, and chess and you'd never see someone trying to make an association between those games and suicide. I understand that people fear things they don't understand. (Palo Alto Online, CA)

    Bombs Away Announced  May 2, 2009
    You are about to maybe sink my battleship. Anybody else getting a little bit of the gunship mission vibe from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare. (IGN Wireless Games)

    Text of news conference  Apr 30, 2009
    And so the way we are constantly thinking about this issue, of how to bring about the changes that the American people need, is to is to say, if we can move this big battleship a few degrees in a different direction, you may not see all the consequences of that change a week from now or three months from now, but 10 years from now or 20 years from now, our kids will be able to look back and say, that was when we started getting serious about clean energy. That's when health care started to... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)

    Decision gives filibuster proof majority...  Apr 29, 2009
    and that should also just about put the final torpedo in norm colemans battleship. i feel a warm glow creeping in. (The Drudge Report)

    Cassidy stands the test of time  Apr 18, 2009
    The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper. It's been a long and sometimes rocky road but Jim Cassidy, at 46, is still among the greatest jockeys going around, writes Peter Bartlett. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)

    How To Take Your Home Network With You  Apr 17, 2009
    Compared to the PogoPlug, which is the Zodiac inflatable boat of online storage solutions, the HP MediaSmart server is a battleship. It costs more (models start at $599 list with 750GB of easily-expandable storage), does more, and takes more time to learn how to use. (CBS News)

    A First, Best Impression  Apr 16, 2009
    For one thing, NU hasnt worked out much in the old battleship this spring; Pelinis worked the team out on the grass fields. The stadium track will be faster, the sight lines different. (Nebraska Statepaper)

    Puzzle Quest: Galactrix  Apr 9, 2009
    Remember, this means youre within physical punching range of one another, so dont bully your friends puny MRI Blade ship with your overpowered Trident Battleship. Problems in engineering. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Technology)

    Pitt as a university is on a win streak  Apr 2, 2009
    But the Pitt Panthers are home today, still trying to peel the hurt from last weekend's two-point loss to Villanova, and couldn't you just tell by the faces of Jamie Dixon and Levance Fields and Sam Young that the peeling would be an arduous process that might just well be interminable, like defoliating with your fingernail the painted side of a battleship. On TV, they show the coach's face and the players' faces, but no one saw Steve Pederson's face. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)

    • COLUMN: Look out, T.F., the Chimera are here  Mar 27, 2009
    Black-ops specialist Nathan Hale and other soldiers of the hyper-secret Special Projects and Research Association escape from San Francisco, hijack a Chimera battleship and are shot down near Twin Falls, which lies on the "Liberty Defense Perimeter.". Hale and his comrades nonetheless manage to reactivate two defensive towers to repel the Chimera fleet. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)

    Titanic discoverer talks about exploration career  Mar 26, 2009
    Ballard, a professor at the University of Rhode Island, projected his slideshow and walked the audience through the highlights of his 120 undersea expeditions, which include the first manned expedition to the mid-ocean rift in the Atlantic Ocean, his discovery of new life off the Galapagos Islands, and finding historic shipwrecks such as the Titanic, the U.S.S. Yorktown and the Nazi battleship Bismarck. He is also responsible for locating PT-109, the boat President John F. Kennedy used during... (Daily Orange, NY)

    Food and Dining Briefs for March 26  Mar 26, 2009
    BlueFire Grill has new chef: La Costa Resort as appointed Gina Rodriguez as the new chef de cuisine at its 324-seat BlueFire Grill restaurant. She will oversee daily kitchen operations and menu development. (North County Times)

    GDC: EA Mobile reveals 2009 iPhone game lineup  Mar 25, 2009
    EA Mobile also plans to release iPhone/iPod touch games based on popular board games, including Connect 4, Battleship, Risk, Monopoly classic, Trivial Pursuit and Clue. EA Mobile indicates that Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf and Trivial Pursuit will be coming in Spring and late April, respectively. (Yahoo News -- Technology)

    KEITH: The new ace of Milwaukee  Mar 19, 2009
    "His fastball gets to the circle [in front of the plate] and just -- kaboom! -- explodes," said Kendall, making a noise like he just sunk someone's battleship. "He's got a great changeup and control. And he can use any pitch at any time.". (SportsIllustrated.CNN)

    Xbox 360 and EA Bring Beloved HASBRO FAMILY GAME NIGHT to Next Generation of Players  Mar 18, 2009
    Now your cousin in Boston can sink your Battleship in Phoenix ... Starting Wednesday, players can download digital versions of some of the world's most beloved family-friendly board games: SCRABBLE, CONNECT 4, BATTLESHIP and YAHTZEE. Through Xbox LIVE, fans can then play these cherished games with friends and family members(1) seated nearby on the couch or across the globe. (PR Newswire)

    Memphis Softball Hawaiian Adventure Part Three  Mar 14, 2009
    After the history lesson, the Tigers watched a video about the event and then visited the memorial built on top of the Arizona battleship. The team then took a tour of downtown Honolulu on the charter bus, and then had time to relax before preparing for the day's only game against Hawaii that took place at midnight CST (7 p.m. Hawaiian Standard Time). (Gotigersgo.com)

    'Selling Democracy' screens propaganda films of the Marshall Plan  Mar 8, 2009
    As regards film, that question usually gets posed in terms of totalitarian societies: Sergei Eisenstein's agitprop classic of Soviet cinema, "Battleship Potemkin," say, or Leni Riefenstahl's documentary "Triumph of the Will," about the 1934 Nazi Party rally at Nuremburg. What about when the propaganda is made by a democracy. (Boston Globe)

    Stocks the Rich Executives Are Buying  Feb 27, 2009
    Games like Battleship, Candy Land, Risk, and Twister. I think kids will continue to play these games simply because their parents did. (MSNBC -- Business)

    Hollywood is banking on the love of the video game  Feb 27, 2009
    Michael Bay has been linked to a "Ouija" movie, Verbinski to "Clue," Peter Berg to "Battleship," Kevin Lima to "Candy Land," and Ridley Scott to - we kid you not - "Monopoly.". Copyright 2009 Globe Newspaper Company. (Boston Globe)

    FANTASY CLICKS: Fantasy baseball tips; trade for Granger?  Feb 21, 2009
    -- I cannot look at a gray article of clothing without thinking of the classic quote: "Never wear battleship gray ... 10,000 sailors will want to board you." 4. -- Truth be told, this clip stems from Murphy's only appearance as a non-cast-member host, circa December 1984. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)

    Where to take the kids for spring break?  Feb 19, 2009
    And a short drive to Mobile lets you tour the USS Alabama battleship; or a drive to Pensacola for the Navy Museum - the guys love the military stuff. And Foley is nearby for the mandatory vacation shopping. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Car chases, chariot races  Feb 13, 2009
    Brian DePalma has some nerve: The Union Station gunfight between Eliot Ness and several of Al Capone's meanest is modeled on the Odessa Steps sequence from the 1925 Russian classic "The Battleship Potemkin" - right down to the runaway baby carriage. SAVING PRIVATE RYAN (1998). (Boston Globe)


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