Word: compassing
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...reached the world's best level in ancient times. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zaiyu initiated the 12-tone temperament, which later became the universal standard tones. Chinese medicine is a unique school of its own. China's four great inventions of paper-making, gun-powder, printing and [the] compass [...] changed the face of the world. These inventions and creations of China have brought forward the rationalistic brilliance of coordination between humanity and [...] nature, and the integration of scientific spirit with moral ideals...
Unless you want to risk spending a lonely night in the woods, make sure to pick up a map at the Lincoln Guideservice which is housed in a bike shop northeast across the parking lot you face when you get off the train. A compass would also be a good thing to bring along if you're planning on covering a lot of ground...
...searing (11,000[degrees]F) surface at speeds of millions of miles an hour. If these electrically charged particles happen to slam against Earth's atmosphere, they can imperil astronauts, push satellites out of orbit or fry their circuitry. If they hit the ground, they can turn compass needles topsy-turvy, knock out electrical-power systems and possibly change the planetary climate. No wonder scientists dream of one day being able to predict storms on the sun with all the accuracy of terrestrial weather forecasts...
...continent normally consigned to the political and economic dustheap, Yoweri Museveni has amply demonstrated that he is something different. The President of Uganda, respected at home as Central Africa's intellectual compass and admired abroad as the harbinger of good news for a blighted region, has successfully resurrected his own benighted country and now fully intends to help neighboring leaders do the same for theirs. The secret? Things long deemed heretical there, like Africans taking charge of their own future, like the virtues of the free market, like a United States of Africa, like cows...
According to Kittel, the PLA grew out of "a deep conviction that the sexual practice of America needs to have a new moral compass...