Unit 3: Selection Vocabulary 1

Subsistence, the ability to live off one’s natural surroundings, is no longer possible because of land loss.

As the land erodes, the Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw tribal culture erodes with it.

As the tribal leader, he would maintain the grocery store, distribute mail, help settle disputes, represent the people of the island to outsiders, and gather residents for community service.

As the tribal leader, he would maintain the grocery store, distribute mail, help settle disputes, represent the people of the island to outsiders, and gather residents for community service.

Marshes and swamps are like sponges; they can expand and soak up water, protecting the mainland and inland islands from storm surges and flooding—but without wetlands to provide natural barriers, hurricane damage can be even more catastrophic.

This was the fifth night of the Titanic's maiden voyage to New York, and it was already clear that she was not only the largest but also the most glamorous ship in the world. Even the passengers' dogs were glamorous.

"Thank you," acknowledged the voice with curiously detached courtesy.

For the next 37 seconds, Fleet and Lee stood quietly side by side, watching the ice draw nearer.

As he paced the deck, he noticed what he and his mates called "Whiskers 'round the Light"—tiny splinters of ice in the air, fine as dust, that gave off myriads of bright colors whenever caught in the glow of the deck lights.

When the jolt came, it impressed Belford more strongly than Steward Johnson—perhaps because a pan of new rolls clattered off the top of the oven and scattered about the floor.

Mrs. Walter B. Stephenson recalled the first ominous jolt when she was in the San Francisco earthquake—then decided this wasn't that bad.

Your loved ones were daring and brave, and they had that special grace, that special spirit that says, “Give me a challenge, and I'll meet it with joy.”

It’s all part of the process of exploration and discovery. It’s all part of taking a chance and expanding man's horizons.

Your dedication and professionalism have moved and impressed us for decades.

And we know of your anguish. We share it.

There’s a coincidence today. On this day 390 years ago, the great explorer Sir Francis Drake died aboard ship off the coast of Panama.