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Its chief officer is the president, whose sacerdotal art consists of sticking to generic invocations of the deity.

Mr. Lightoller came on the bridge again to take over the ship from Mr. Wilde, the chief officer (dead).

The chief officer removed his turban and beard, and—wonderful to relate!

The captain and ten men had been drowned and the chief officer had died from the effects of exposure and starvation.

And what prevented this dignified retreat of the Great King's chief officer before an old woman's fable of an impossible attack?

Chief Officer Blair, stationed with a few men under the fo'c'sle-head, kept an anxious eye on the anchor chain and windlass.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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