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Their article became prominent when one of its charts a hockeystick shaped scatter plot, with a “shaft” consisting of historical data and a “blade” consisting of upwardsloping twentieth century data was featured prominently in the 2001 report of the U.N.

Federal Reserve Bank Working Paper on Replication « Climate Audit 2005

Upon this clearing, the brief bright afterglow was shining, for the trim grass and shrubs of an upwardsloping lawn were clearly visible.

Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story Albert Payson Terhune 1907