In port, the difference between the upper and the lower sails was conspicuous, since the yard of the upper sails was designed to be hoisted off the lower, which meant that when the sails were in, the upper yard lay immediately above the lower yards.
By the numbersAccording to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American worker got paid $24.57 per hour in December, or $850.12 per week. That was up from $24.17 per hour and $829.03 per week a year ago.
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