Word: clew
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...races, sailed in a steady twelve-knot wind, Sovereign breezed home ahead by a quarter of a mile, showing superior speed to windward, where most yacht races are won. But next day, with the wind up to 20 knots, Kurrewa seemed to have it in the bag until a clew pulled out of the jib, and her crew took a horrendous six minutes clearing the mess. Sovereign won her third straight race when Kurrewa lost 65 seconds by being recalled for a premature start. Then it was Sovereign's turn to bumble. Holding a neat five-length lead with...
...sail; relentlessly, Gretel increased her margin-sliding through the heavy seas with ghostly grace. She stood high, she footed fast, she simply could not be caught-even by accident. Just one-quarter mile from the finish line, Gretel's light blue Genoa jib tore loose from its main clew and flopped overboard. But the damage was quickly repaired and Gretel swept triumphantly past Brenton Reef lightship, with Vim trailing in her wake...
...style books do not always agree on usage. The Indianapolis Star spells it "clew," the Indianapolis News "clue." Most papers capitalize Pope, but the Miami Herald does not. In most papers, rape is rape, but in the Memphis Commercial Appeal it is usually criminal attack. The Minneapolis Star and Tribune permit partial decommissioning of generals ("If it's Lt. Gen. John A. Jones in the first reference, plain Jones will suffice in later references"), but in the New York Times, once a general always a general. And no paper cares to folo the trail blazed by the Chicago Tribune...