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  • 101Jet sprint boat racing — is a form of racing sport in which speed boats, usually carrying a crew of two, powered by water jet propulsion rather than by conventional propellers, race around watercourses consisting of a number of interconnected channels 3 to 5 meters wide… …

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  • 102tack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thumbtack, carpet tack, etc.; nail; change of course, yaw, veer; route, course, path; food, fare. v. change course or direction; yaw; zigzag; baste. See connection, direction, deviation. II (Roget s… …

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  • 103Gödel metric — The Gödel metric is an exact solution of the Einstein field equations in which the stress energy tensor contains two terms, the first representing the matter density of a homogeneous distribution of swirling dust particles, and the second… …

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  • 104Pursuit — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Purpose in action. < N PARAG:Pursuit >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 pursuit pursuit Sgm: N 1 pursuing pursuing &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 prosecution prosecution Sgm: N 1 pursuance pursuance Sgm: N 1 enterprise …

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  • 105navigation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Travel on water Nouns 1. navigation; celestial navigation, dead reckoning; circumnavigation; pilotage, steerage; seamanship; navigability. 2. (active boating) boating, yachting, yacht racing, sailing,… …

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  • 106stand — I. v. n. 1. Be upon the feet, rest on the feet. 2. Be erect, continue erect, remain upright. 3. Be placed, be situated, be located. 4. Remain, continue, abide, be fixed, endure, hold good, be permanent. 5. Stop, halt, pause. 6. Stay, be firm, be… …

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  • 107crossing courses — The established rule in the second circuit of the Federal courts that in a crossing situation the privileged vessel may cross the signal of the burdened vessel and hold her course and speed until it becomes evident that the burdened vessel either …

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  • 108fetch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English fecchen, from Old English fetian, feccan; perhaps akin to Old English fōt foot more at foot Date: before 12th century transitive verb 1. a. to go or come after and bring or take back < fetch a doctor > b …

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  • 109stand — I. verb (stood; standing) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English standan; akin to Old High German stantan, stān to stand, Latin stare, Greek histanai to cause to stand, set, histasthai to stand, be standing Date: before 12th century&#8230; …

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  • 110Roy Lane — is a British racing driver. He is best known for his great success in hillclimbing, having won the British Hillclimb Championship on four occasions (1975 76 92 96) in a career spanning more than three decades. Lane has won 90 individual rounds of …

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