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I am a retired biologist, interested in “hockey sticke” from this point of view because majority of that curve are plant growth data.
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They haue euery man a rynge with a signet, and also a sceptre finely wrought: vppon whose toppe thei vse to sticke either an apple, or a rose, or a lillye, or some lyke thynge.
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Wherupon thei yet sticke faste in this opinion, that thei onely of al men are the lawfull heires of Goddes beheste.
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Thei, aftre what tyme thei haue laied the corps, cophine and all, vpon a bedde of state, amid the square afore mentioned: sticke doune their iauelines and speares aboute him, and with stickes laied ouer from one to another, frame as it ware a Cielyng, whiche thei couer with
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It is in vaine to tarry any longer heere: but I solemnly protest, Calandrino shall no more make an Asse of me: and were I now as neere him, as not long since I was, I would give him such a remembrance on the heele with this Flint stone, as should sticke by him this moneth, to teach him a lesson for abusing his friends.
The Decameron 2004
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When any of them falleth sicke, and lieth at the pointe of deathe, thei sticke vp a Iaueline with a piece of blacke clothe at the dore of the tente wher he lieth, that none come in as they passe by.
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The flat bottomed boates goe safe thorow, where as the small shippes if they misse the aforesayd chanell, sticke fast on the Sholdes, and by this meanes many are lost: and comming backe for the Indies, they goe not that way, but passe by the chanell of Manar as is abouesayd, whose chanell is Oazie, and if the shippes sticke fast, it is a great chance if there be any danger at all.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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With diuelish fixed eyes they peere where they their darts may sticke.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Many were married in England, and had somewhat to loose, those did sticke to me.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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The lower worke and the timbers thereof were out of measure strong, being framed of plankes and ribs foure or fiue foote in thicknesse, insomuch that no bullets could pierce them, but such as were discharged hard at hand: which afterward prooued true, for a great number of bullets were founde to sticke fast within the massie substance of those thicke plankes.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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