Word: knot
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Chester, an asphalt carrier, as it headed from New York to South Carolina. Offshore of Atlantic City the ship ran into a freak storm. High winds snapped the ship's mast, and it toppled, along with the ship's radar and electronics gear. With 30-ft. waves and 50-knot winds overpowering the vessel, several sailors grabbed life jackets and prepared to abandon ship. But Hazelwood calmed the crew and rigged a makeshift antenna. After radioing shore, he guided the Chester out of the storm. Then, with the safety of his crew and cargo in mind, Hazelwood followed the storm...
...decide to call the entire cycle of novels The Red Wheel, and why do you refer to each different stage in the narrative as a "knot" ((uzel in Russian...
After the Crimson chipped away at the deficit, John Boyer led off the fourth with a homer to knot the score, and then Jim Mrowka blasted a three-run homer as Harvard scored four runs on two hits in the top of the sixth...
Sophomore Ted Decareau smashed another homer in the following inning, sending McConaghy in as well to knot the score...
Chang dropped his match at fifth singles to Patrick Perry, 6-1, 7-5, to knot the match score...