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• n  a student who fails to attend classes
• n  an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship
• n  the naval officer in command of a military ship
• v  work as the skipper on a vessel

• The Norwegian skipper of the ferry dived into the fjord, came up gasping, dived again.
• The great Yankee skipper Joshua Slocum used only the simplest of navigational instrumentsa compass, a sextant and his famous "dollar clock"when he sailed his 37-ft.
• Navy officials, who released pictures of the Voge incident last week to publicize the continuing gamesmanship in the Med, reckon that the Soviet skipper did not mean to hit the .

• master
• captain
• sea captain

News & Articles

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• Skipper says Socceroos not doing the samba yet
  SYDNEY — Skipper Lucas Neill says his Australian squad's full focus is on beating Iraq in their last Asian qualifier to guarantee direct entry to next year's World Cup, so the Socceroos aren't practicing the samba yet. Australia can secure the second automatic qualifying spot in Group B with a win over Iraq in Sydney on Tuesday night, and Neill says the mood is "very calm" after the Socceroos ...
  June 17, 2013 - Boston Herald
• New V'Cats skipper excited
  New V'Cats skipper excited Times Union Copyright 2013 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Published 11:43 pm, Friday, June 14, 2013 Working with minor-league baseball players who aspire to one day reach the big leagues is something long-time manager Ed Romero enjoys. Romero has managed 11 seasons in the minor league ranks ...
  June 15, 2013 - Albany Times Union
• John Skipper writes this morning: "While I am very confident in the strength of our overall position
  John Skipper writes this morning: "While I am very confident in the strength of our overall position, our industry is changing and it is critically important that we use our resources to best support our continued growth." More job cuts are coming to ESPN today . [ Bristol Today ]
  June 12, 2013 - Deadspin

Quotes

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• Shane Warne in Mirror.co.uk
  Stuart MacGill might have captured Warne's Test spot by rights, but there is little in the Aussie tank to support him and Warne said: "If Australia really needed me and there was no one else around, and (skipper) Ricky Ponting thought that I could...
• Scott Strickland in The Associated Press
  At the end of the day, whether I'm the manager or Fredi is the manager or Bobby Valentine or the skipper now, it doesn't matter,said Marlins reliever Scott Strickland, who played for Valentine with the '02 Mets. "We still have to get 27...