helmsmanship


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helms·man

 (hĕlmz′mən)
n.
A man who steers a ship.

helms′man·ship′ n.
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helmsmanship

(ˈhɛlmzmənʃɪp)
n
(Nautical Terms) nautical the skill or function of a helmsman
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The efficiency of the BH5 is not purely pegged on my deft helmsmanship though a large part of it is attributed to that the engine has something to do with it too.
Bianco modifies this view somewhat when he considers the Cultural Revolution (1966-69), Mao's last-ditch attempt to rid the Party of bureaucratic revisionists and restore it to a state of purity under his helmsmanship. Bianco concedes that while at first sight the Cultural Revolution seemed similar to Stalin's Great Terror or purge of 1936-38, the destructive mayhem it brought about was not really comparable to the Great Terror, which was 'more controlled, more bureaucratic ...
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"I feel that the reason for my country's accomplishments is fundamentally the helmsmanship of Xi Jinping," said Jing Junhai, Beijing's deputy party chief, invoking a phase often used to describe Mao.
Through skillful helmsmanship Langley dodged the first two bombing passes, but on the third pass she was bracketed by bombs port and starboard and targeted dead center.
It colored the American love story through the end of slavery and Lincoln's helmsmanship. Can it also see Americans through the era of moral and/or cultural disintegration we now observe?
Labour didn't win the election because they were not trusted on the economy but Osborne - who made the recession last longer by strangling off growth with cuts in public services in 2010 - deserves no credit for his helmsmanship.
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