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note
note in musical notation , symbol placed on or between the lines of a staff to indicate the pitch and the relative duration of the tone to be produced by voice or instrument. The largest note value in common use in the United States is the whole note, an elliptical outline. Its value is halved by... Read more |
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promissory note
promissory note unconditional written promise to pay a certain sum of money at a definite time to bearer or to a specified person on his order. Promissory notes are generally used as evidence of debt. The holder of a note made payable to bearer may transfer his rights to another by delivery of the... Read more |
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Bank failures
COUNTERFEITING COUNTERFEITING. To counterfeit means to imitate with intent to defraud. Most counterfeit paper money can be classified in one of three categories: (1) notes that imitate legitimate notes; (2) alterations of legitimate notes, including notes raised from a lower to a higher... Read more |
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Maker
MAKER One who makes, frames, executes, or ordains; as a lawmaker, or the maker of a promissory note. One who signs a note to borrow and, as such, assumes the obligation to pay the note when due. The person who creates or executes a note, that is, issues it, and in signing the instrument makes the... Read more |
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Charlottetown
Charlottetown city (1991 pop. 15,396), capital and chief port of Prince Edward Island, E Canada, on the southern coast. Food processing, tourism, fishing, and farming are the main industries. The French established (c.1720) a fort and settlement across the harbor, known as Port la Joie.... Read more |
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doldrums
doldrums or equatorial belt of calms, area around the earth centered slightly north of the equator between the two belts of trade winds. The large amount of solar radiation that arrives at the earth in this area causes intense heating of the land and ocean. This heating results in the rising of... Read more |
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Sibbecai
Sibbecai or Sibbechai , in the Bible, one of David's guard, noted for his fight with the Philistine giant. He is also called Mebunnai.... Read more |
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gamut
gamut a complete scale of musical notes; the compass or range of a voice or instrument. Earlier, a scale consisting of seven overlapping hexachords, containing all the recognized notes used in medieval music, covering almost three octaves from bass G to treble E. The word comes from medieval Latin... Read more |
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variorum
variorum an edition of an author's works having notes by various editors or commentators, and often including variant readings from manuscripts or earlier editions. The word is Latin, and comes (in the early 18th century) from editio cum notis variorum ‘edition with notes by various... Read more |
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Bills and Notes
BILLS AND NOTES An archaic term that designated the body of law currently known as the law of commercial paper, which governs the methods by which commercial transactions are financed and facilitated by the execution and transfer of documents that contain promises to repay debts according to the... Read more |
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portulan
...Mediterranean coastline, derived presumably from sailing directions and the notes and sketches of pilots. There is no graticule of...would have mattered little where both compass and sailing directions were also magnetic. The wind-roses... |
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gnomonic chart
...a chart which is very useful in great circle sailing based on the gnomonic projection. This is a perspective...original inventor of this method of great circle sailing, it is interesting to note that a complete explanation of the construction... |
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shanty
...days of sail the bowline rope was the most important one in a sailing ship.The words of many shanties often varied from ship...shanties, where the accent was placed on occasional words or notes to encourage the men to pull together, as when swaying up a... |
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navigation
...them because these being many [in number], not only do they note by them the bearings on which the several islands with which they...navigated before the introduction of the magnetic compass enabled sailing directions and charts to be scientifically based, and navigation... |
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Ransome, Arthur
...fisherman and yachtsman. As a youth, books, fishing, and sailing absorbed his interests, and his first job after leaving school...publishing firm. From that he turned to journalism, contributed notes and articles on fishing to many journals, and between 1909... |
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track
...used to connect parts of a circuit. ∎ Sailing a strip on the mast, boom, or deck...typically in order to find them or note their location at various points: secondary...Anna to her room. ∎ fig. follow and note the course or progress of: they are tracking... |
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handicap
...competitor in sports such as golf, horse racing, and competitive sailing in order to make the chances more equal. ∎ a race or contest...place (someone) at a disadvantage: without a good set of notes you will handicap yourself when it comes to exams. |
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down
...I just write down whatever comes into my head | taking down notes. ∎ on or on to a list, schedule, or record: I'll put...pay $500 down and the rest at the end of the month. 6. (of sailing) with the current or the wind. ∎ (of a ship's helm) moved... |
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kite
...over it, flown in the wind at the end of a long string. ∎ Sailing, inf. a spinnaker or other high, light sail. 2. a medium...bill, or receipt. ∎ an illicit or surreptitious letter or note. 4. Geom. a quadrilateral figure having two pairs of equal... |
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novice
...neophyte.antonyms: veteran; expert; professional. USAGE NOTES apprentice, beginner, neophyte, probationer All of these...principles of something (he was a neophyte at this type of sailing). A probationer is a beginner who is undergoing a trial period... |
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Summer sailing.(Publishers Note)(regattas around Australia)
...Australia's most enjoyable weeks of sailing, it appeared the event organisers hadn...organisers on another enjoyable week of sailing. With summer approaching, its time to...level. Welcome to the world of pushbutton sailing! This edition reviews a host of races... |
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Sailing to Obamaland.(NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER)
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT," said Henry Adams--grandson of one president and great-grandson of anotherresembles the commander of a ship at sea. He must have a helm to grasp, a course to steer, a port to seek." The new president, who likes to think of himself as one of the great historical figures of |
 "Sun Publications (IL)")
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TRAVEL NOTES: SAILING SHIPS TO GATHER IN PUERTO RICO
More than a hundred sailing ships from around the world will soon...containing a gift certificate for a six-day sailing adventure aboard one of the 13 Tall Ships...entrance and expect little or no wait. (Note that travelers headed for a Disney vacation... |
 "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)")
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YOUR SAILING PASS NOTES.(Scotland Means Business)
MARINE charter has taken off throughout the world and standards are set by the Yacht Charter Association, which offers a bond for clients as well as an information and support service. Beautifully Blue recently became affiliated to the association and now clients have added protection in addition |
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U.S. Sailing Center.(News and Notes)
Jeff E. Rubin of Talianoff, Rubin & Rubin in Coral Gables was re-elected chair of the U.S. Sailing Center. Additionally, Rubin was elected chair of the Creditors' Rights Section of the Commercial Law League of America and was... |
 "Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)")
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LOCAL NOTES SAILING . . .
...Agoura High: Agoura High School now has a sailing team, and it will travel to Newport Harbor...member of the Pacific Coast Interscholastic Sailing Association, which has more than 40 members...junior program, is attempting to establish sailing clubs in other local schools. ... |
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Olympic Sailing.(Cross Currents/News & Notes)(Brief Article)
Byline: Dennis Caprio/Editor Sailing for Olympic medals in the shadow of the Acropolis...the massive and thoroughly modern Agios Kosmas Sailing Center that will be home to the 2004 sailing events. Built on unused land on the Saronic Gulf... |
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NYYC Gala Raises Funds For Olympic Sailing.(Cross Currents/News & Notes)(New...
Byline: Dennis Caprio Olympic fever hit New York City May 18, when the Sailing Foundation of New York joined with the Olympic Sailing Committee of US SAILING and the New York Yacht Club for the 2004 Golden Spinnaker Gala, a fund-raiser... |
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LOCAL NOTES\Sailing . . .(NEWS)
Byline: Vincent Bonsignore and Bryan Winchell Westlake Yacht Club: The Westlake Yacht Club will kick off its 27th sailing season with the 1996 Midwinter Warmup Regatta on Sunday at Westlake Lake. Registration is from 10:30 a.m. to noon on... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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History sailing into Salisbury ; Festival takes note of area's seagoing past
...NORTH 1 Area residents can get a taste this weekend of the region's rich maritime past through the visit of three majestic sailing ships to the Salisbury Beach State Reservation.The ships - a historic schooner, a replica of a historic schooner, and a... |
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