Desperate, he inflated his children's rubber boat and paddled off down the street in search of a public telephone.

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The passengers, migrants from Sub-Saharan Africa who included 50 men, 20 women and 2 babies, were led to the small, rubber boat by Libyan militia members.

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Passengers wear boat-issued rubber boots on most landings, which are washed and disinfected once back on board.

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Stones off the beach in Borth were used to smash a toughened window at the lifeboat station, showering its rubber in-shore rescue boat in glass.

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He tells me enthusiastically about a new sort of shoe by ECCO Golf (worn by Fred Couples), which looks like a boat shoe and has rubber dimples instead of spikes, allowing for regular ambling without all that clatter.

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No ships spotted the rubber dinghy and they drifted alone in an open boat.

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He anchored the boat on the shore and tied on a 6-inch Castaic swimbait, a big soft rubber lure that looked exactly like a trout.

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