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  2. Reverse ferret - Wikipedia

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    In British media, a reverse ferret is a sudden reversal in an organisation's editorial or political line on a certain issue. Generally, this will involve no acknowledgement of the previous position. Generally, this will involve no acknowledgement of the previous position.

  3. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    The word nautical derives from the Latin nauticus, from Greek nautikos, from nautēs: "sailor", from naus: "ship". Further information on nautical terminology may also be found at Nautical metaphors in English , and additional military terms are listed in the Multiservice tactical brevity code article.

  4. Clear view screen - Wikipedia

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    Other common names for it include "clear sight", "spin window", "Kent Screen" and "rotating windshield wiper". Clear view screens were patented in 1917 by Samuel Augustine de Normanville and Leslie Harcourt Kent as a stand-alone pillar-mounted screen, [ 1 ] with later patents for telescope and optics covers, followed by the more familiar ships ...

  5. Template:Infobox ship begin/Usage guide - Wikipedia

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    Correct format is: |Ship image=Ship image where Ship image is the name of image file without namespace or WikiMarkup An older acceptable format is: [[File:Ship.jpg|300px|alt=Alt text goes here]]. Do not use the |thumb= parameter. Do not include a caption in the image code as there is a separate |Ship caption= field for that purpose.

  6. Multiservice tactical brevity code - Wikipedia

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    Friendly surface/submarine-launched AShM (for example, Harpoon, Exocet, Otomat). Bullseye An established point from which the position of an object can be referenced; made by cardinal/range or digital format. Bump/Bump-up Start temporary increase of flight altitude to set the aircraft to a favorable glide path to the target on the attack run ...

  7. Text file - Wikipedia

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    DOS and Microsoft Windows use a common text file format, with each line of text separated by a two-character combination: carriage return (CR) and line feed (LF). It is common for the last line of text not to be terminated with a CR-LF marker, and many text editors (including Notepad) do not automatically insert one on the last line.

  8. Masthead rig - Wikipedia

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    A UFO 34 an example of a masthead-rigged yacht. A masthead rig on a sailing vessel consists of a forestay and backstay both attached at the top of the mast. [1] The Bermuda rig can be split into two groups: the masthead rig and the fractional rig. The masthead rig has larger and more headsails, and a smaller mainsail, compared to the fractional ...

  9. Wikipedia:Manual of Style - Wikipedia

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    Use of italics should conform to Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Text formatting § Italic type. Do not use articles (a, an, or the) as the first word (Economy of the Second Empire, not The economy of the Second Empire), unless it is an inseparable part of a name (The Hague) or of the title of a work (A Clockwork Orange, The Simpsons).