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the only object designed to fail at moving, perfecting the art of holding still.
means A heavy object dropped from a boat to grip the seabed and keep the vessel from drifting — and, by extension, anything that holds something firmly in place.
from From Latin 'ancora', borrowed in turn from Greek 'ankyra', meaning a hook or bent thing — the same family that gives us 'angle' and 'ankle', all rooted in an ancient idea of bending or curving. Fittingly, the word describes the shape: a hooked iron arm meant to bite and hold. The 'ch' spelling is a later flourish, mistakenly fancied up as if the word were Greek 'chi' — but the hook was there from the start.
- ancient design
- Earliest anchors were just heavy rocks tied to rope.
- weight trick
- Holding power comes from drag, not just weight.
- tattoo meaning
- Sailors inked anchors after crossing the Atlantic.
- news anchor
- Term borrowed from relay racing's steadying final runner.
- lost graveyard
- Ocean floors hide countless abandoned, snagged anchors.
walter cronkite — cbs evening news anchor for 19 years, called "the most trusted man in america" during the 1960s-70s
barbara walters — abc's 20/20 co-host and today show anchor, first woman to co-anchor network evening news in 1976
edward murrow — cbs radio and television journalist who pioneered broadcast news from london during wwii