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                Date: 1998-12-30
                 
                 
                Larry siegt, Nasdaq pfeift drauf
                
                 
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      Larry Ellison hat das australische Segel-Abenteuer nicht nur  
überlebt, sondern sogar gewonnnen. An der NASDAQ hat  
Oracle heute mit einem Prozent weit unter dem allgemeinen  
Schnitt (1,87) zugelegt. 
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3:00 a.m.  29.Dec.98.PST 
... 
"We just want to pay tribute to families who lost sailors who  
were in this race and our prayers go out to the search crews  
and the people who are still in the water," Ellison said when  
his US yacht, the Sayonara, was officially declared the  
winner. "We hope they all can be found."  
 
Few spectators were in the Hobart, Australia, harbor when  
Ellison and crew crossed the line just after 8 a.m., several  
hours ahead of defending champion Brindabella.  
.... 
Military helicopters hovered over 35-foot swells to hoist more  
than 50 sailors to safety off Australia's southeast coast, 250  
miles south of Sydney. Many of the yachtsmen sustained  
broken bones, dislocated shoulders, and lacerations from  
being struck by broken rigging.  
.... 
Earlier Tuesday, rescuers located a body, believed to be one  
of three missing yachtsmen from the abandoned Australian  
cutter Winston Churchill. The sailors were swept off a life raft  
shortly before two of their shipmates were rescued late  
Monday.  
.... 
 
One member of Ellison's 23-man crew had a broken ankle,  
but otherwise they were safe.  
... 
full tragedy 
http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/explode-infobeat/culture/story/17057.html
                   
 
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published on: 1998-12-30 
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