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...even more promising instrument is a special version of the ancient magnetic compass. Ordinary magnetic compasses are of little use in the far north. Their needles do not swing normally, but often try to point almost directly downward toward the magnetic pole a few hundred miles away. The "flux-gate" compass, which uses coils instead of needles, eliminates the downward pull and shows only the small horizontal pull toward the magnetic pole. The compass does not point north, of course. Since the magnetic pole is many miles south of the geographical North Pole, the compass often points almost south...
...result of scrimmaging the varsity, losing six good men to Lloyd Jordan's ranks, and not getting the entire group in practice sessions at the same time, Shepard admits that his team is still in a state of flux...
...weeks of flux, the Faculty said, forced delayed hour exams and created administrative troubles; it meant courses couldn't get started for three weeks. Undergraduates don't really need the extra time, professors felt, because they choose their doubtful courses by white-shoe-count or entertainment value. An extra week could hardly help this kind of choice...
...main motivation for the new policy, it was explained, was the disorganization caused in large courses by the two week period of flux...
Since hardly a point is played without a dispute over this dictum, the rules are in a continual state of flux...