Of the constellations, or asterisms. … It therefore became necessary to adopt a more general method of distinguishing them. This was accomplished by portioning out the heavens into imaginary figures, of men, birds, fishes, &c. called Constellations or Asterisms.

He headed the China-watching Consulate General, and in 1963 drafted a position paper for President Kennedy that recommended rapprochement with China.

Did you see the spot on the news about the shoelace factory?

It is almost impossible to farm these soils because the high water table would cause the roots to rot; but agricultural use is primarily excluded because even the low-salt soils still contain 3-6% salt (sodium chloride, as well as calcium carbonate inter al.), and thus they cannot even be used to cultivate date palms, which are highly resistant to salt water.