Word: chart
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...deck. The captain raced to the wheelhouse and found the wheel lashed. The crew searched the ship. Everything that could be moved-the cargo, the crew's razors, even the ship's bill of health-had been taken by the vanished pirates. Only a chart, with the Combinatie's position marked on it, had been left. Cornelius' overworked diesel engine was wheezing at the point of death. The captain ordered a jury sail rigged from deck canvas and pointed his bow back to Tangier...
Arrow kept what he called a "morale chart" on the trip across. The graph plunged deepest during this period. In desperation, they decided to spear some of the naively happy purpoises that lounged alongside. Arrow spent an afternoon fashioning a spear, and when finished, looked over the side for a purpoise. He discovered that they had gone; the crew never saw another purpoise for the rest of the trip...
...Republican Party, the gains in the 1952 congressional elections were more than numerical. The line on the quality chart pointed upward...
Perhaps the most extensive system is run by Professor Fieser of Organic Chemistry, who recommends over 100 pre-meds each year. Fieser has an elaborate chart-complete with photograph-made up for each student so that his progress through the course can be clearly charted. Very poor students and very good ones have personal conferences with Fieser. Finally, when the student comes in to the Organic office in his senior year bearing forms to be filled out, Fieser has a 15 minute interview with him and then immediately dictates a letter which is run off in duplicate and sent...
After sufficient research with the new telescope, Bok says astronomers will be able to chart reasonably well these spiral arms and eventually fit the earth in its proper position on or near one of them...