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  2. Ship's wheel - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of the steering gear of an 18th- to 19th-century sailing ship: 151 Helm of TS Golden Bear. A traditional ship's wheel is composed of eight cylindrical wooden spokes (though sometimes as few as six or as many as ten or twelve) shaped like balusters and all joined at a central wooden hub or nave (sometimes covered with a brass nave plate) which houses the axle.

  3. List of longest ships - Wikipedia

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    The ships are listed by type. Only ship types for which there exist a ship longer than 300 metres (1,000 ft) are included. For each type, the list includes current record-holders either as individual ships, ship classes or standard designs, up to four runner-ups, and all longer ships that have been scrapped.

  4. A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wikipedia

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    There are points in the play, however, when there is an absence of patriarchal control. In his book Power on Display, Leonard Tennenhouse says the problem in A Midsummer Night's Dream is the problem of "authority gone archaic". The Athenian law requiring a daughter to die if she does not do her father's will is outdated.

  5. Panama Canal - Wikipedia

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    Location of Panama between the Pacific Ocean (bottom) and the Caribbean Sea (top), with the canal at top center. The Panama Canal (Spanish: Canal de Panamá) is an artificial 82-kilometre (51-mile) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, cutting across the Isthmus of Panama, and is a conduit for maritime trade.

  6. JD Vance - Wikipedia

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    During his first year, Professor Amy Chua, author of the 2011 book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, persuaded him to begin writing his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy. [30] Vance was an editor of The Yale Law Journal [31] and graduated in 2013 with a Juris Doctor degree. [28]

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  8. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Some school districts use a 1-2-3-4 rating system for grades at the elementary (K–5) level, notably many California school districts including The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) which switched with the class of 2000.

  9. CJ Daugherty - Wikipedia

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    Night School: Fracture, the third book in the series, was number one bestselling children’s book in Israel in May 2014, and a top 20 bestseller in France. In July 2019 it was announced that Night School had been optioned for television, with the producer/ director Sarah Spillane attached as showrunner.