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Anchor and rode
* Anchor sentinel: A separate weight on a separate line which is loosely attached to the anchor rode so that it can slide down it easily.

Anchor and anchor
A Anchor ( climbing ) | climbing anchor, incorporating a Hexcentric | hex, and two Spring-loaded camming device | cams, linked and equalized with Sling ( climbing equipment ) | slings and carabiner s.
The name Anchor Point comes from a legend that when James Cook discovered the area, he lost an anchor.
* Anchor Books, produced quality paperbacks for bookstores ; named for the anchor that ( along with a dolphin ) forms Doubleday's colophon ; now part of the Knopf Publishing Group's Vintage Anchor unit
; < span id =" anchor "> Anchor </ span >: An arrangement of one or ( usually ) more pieces of gear set up to support the weight of a belay or top rope.
A Anchor ( climbing ) | climbing anchor incorporating a Hexcentric | hex and two Spring-loaded camming device | cams, connected and equalized with Sling ( climbing equipment ) | slings and carabiner s.
* Anchor tenant or anchor store, one of the larger stores in a shopping mall
Each year, around the first weekend in December, the university has a fundraising dinner featuring well-known speakers, such as Baseball Hall of Famer Cal Ripken, Jr., former Presidents Gerald R. Ford and George H. W. Bush, TV personality Regis Philbin, retired General Norman Schwarzkopf, Olympic gold medalist Mary Lou Retton, Senator Elizabeth Dole, former US Senate Majority Leader and physician, Dr. Bill Frist, popular radio commentator Paul Harvey, NBC Today Show weatherman Willard Scott, NFL football player, commentator & actor Merlin Olsen, country comedian Jerry Clower, former Alabama head coach Gene Stallings, historic CBS-TV News anchor and reporter Walter Cronkite, former First Lady Barbara Bush, former NBC News Anchor and former Meet the Press moderator Tom Brokaw and most recently Emmy Award winning comedian Tim Conway.
Next Dube's replacement ; Lindsay Warner left the station to become the late night anchor at CKY-DT, Lead Weather Anchor, Craig Larkins left for CFRN-DT Edmonton in July, and in late August it was announced that Senior Anchor, Shannon Martin would also be leaving to pursue her career in Ontario.
Image: Ships Riding Quietely at Anchor ( Willem van de Velde, the younger ). jpg | Ships riding quietly at anchor c. 1670s
The Rhodan GPS Anchor has been demonstrated at trade shows to precisely hold a boat's position within a couple feet in wind and current acting as a virtual anchor.
Anchor Andy Mehalshick became a weeknight field anchor.
* Anchor point-each object has an ' anchor point ' that acts as the centre of rotation or enlargement.
Retrieved September 6, 2012, from link .</ ref > said that the dictionary's reclassification of the term " anchor baby " to a term that is considered offensive was " right ".< ref >< i >" Anchor baby offensive epithet .</ i > ( 2011 ).
On August 23, 2007, the San Diego, California-area North County Times came under criticism from one of its former columnists, Raoul Lowery Contreras, in a column titled "' Anchor babies ' is hate speech ", for allowing the term " anchor baby " to be printed in letters and opinion pieces.
Anchor Handling Tug Supply ( AHTS ) vessels are mainly built to handle anchors for oil rigs, tow them to location, anchor them up and, in a few cases, serve as an Emergency Rescue and Recovery Vessel ( ERRV ).
* Anchor buoy: A small buoy secured by a light line to an anchor to indicate position of anchor on bottom.
* Anchor chain or anchor cable: Chain connecting the ship to the anchor.
* Anchor home: The term for when the anchor is secured for sea.
* Anchor light: White light displayed by a ship at anchor.

Anchor and line
The loop at Blue Anchor was also lengthened in 1934, the line was doubled from Norton Fitzwarren to Bishops Lydeard in 1936 and the Williton loop was lengthened for a second time in 1937.
The actual term “ Strap Hang ” is derived in this Military Airborne context because prior to exiting the aircraft, the line of jumpers ( known as a “ stick ”) stands in a line, facing the paratroop door – with their “ static line ” hooked to an Anchor Line Cable running the length of the aircraft.
Late seventeenth and early eighteenth century buildings, including the ' Anchor ' public house, line the corner to the approach to the old Welsh Bridge.
Specifically, it consists of the towns of Grimsby, Lincoln and Pelham, the Township of West Lincoln, and the part of the City of Hamilton lying east and south of a line drawn from the southern city limit north along Glancaster Road, east along the hydroelectric transmission line situated south of Rymal Road West, north along Glover Road, Anchor Road, Arbour Road and Mountain Brow Boulevard and east along Redhill Creek and the Niagara Escarpment to the eastern city limit.
The line ran parallel with Tooley Street crossing Blue Anchor Road, Corbetts Lane and the Grand Surrey Canal.
Looking towards the canal on the left from Colne the remains of the derelict railway line from Colne to Skipton can be seen, a little further along is the small village of Salterforth, there is a canalside pub here called " the Anchor ", an unusual feature of which is that when a road and bridge were built outside it needed another storey to be built on, so the original upstairs of the old pub is now the present pub, the original pub is now the cellar and it has a second cellar, this has water leaking through from the canal and has stalactites and stalagmites.

Anchor and rope
The Anchor Bend is a knot used for attaching a rope to a ring or similar termination.

Anchor and cable
As of 2011, Showtime holds first-run premium cable rights to films from Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films ( also including rights to Dimension Films releases ), DreamWorks Pictures ( live-action releases through Touchstone Pictures only ), CBS Films, First Look Pictures, IFC Films ( rights are shared with Starz ), THINKFilm and Anchor Bay Entertainment.
* Use of a " Dead Man Anchor "-a large heavy weight-and restraining cable to prevent the bag from moving away too far, so that the buoyancy can be corrected to more closely match the load.
The Movie Channel ( through Showtime ) holds first-run premium cable rights to films from Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Miramax Films ( also including rights to Dimension Films releases ), DreamWorks Pictures ( live-action releases through Touchstone Pictures only ), CBS Films, First Look Pictures, IFC Films ( rights are shared with Starz ), THINKFilm and Anchor Bay Entertainment.
As of 2011, Starz, Encore and their respective multiplex movie channels have exclusive first-run premium cable rights to films from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ( including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures ), Sony Pictures Entertainment ( including Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures ), Overture Films ( also owned by Starz ' parents, Liberty Media and The Weinstein Company ), Anchor Bay Entertainment, Yari Film Group, and Warren Miller Films, among other leading distributors.
As of 2011, Encore ( through Starz ) has exclusive first-run premium cable rights to films from Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures ( including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures ), Sony Pictures Entertainment ( including Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Classics, Screen Gems, TriStar ), Overture Films ( also owned by Starz ' parents, Liberty Media and The Weinstein Company ), Anchor Bay Entertainment, Yari Film Group, and Warren Miller Films, among other leading distributors.

Anchor and connecting
Slow motion replays show Ali connecting with a quick, chopping right to Liston's head ( known as the " Anchor Punch " according to Ali ) as Liston was moving toward him.

Anchor and chain
It offers two pub / restaurants including the first of the chain Blubeckers and two hotels, the Anchor Hotel and the Warren Lodge Hotel.
Anchor chain formerly used for deforestation clearing of Single-leaf Pinyon woodlands in western Nevada
Anchor Bay released a regular edition without the poster and key chain.

Anchor and vessel
Anchor handling tug supply vessel | AHTS Balder Viking
Anchor winch of the polar research vessel Polarstern.
* Anchor handling tug supply vessel
* Anchor ball: Round black shape hoisted in the forepart of a vessel to show that it is anchored.
* Anchor watch: The crewmen assigned to take care of the ship while anchored or moored, charged with such duties as making sure that the anchor is holding and the vessel is not drifting.

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