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ABA returns with black ownership.(African American-owned and managed teams within American Basketball Association)(Brief Article)
Black Enterprise
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February 1, 2001|
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Blacks do more than dribble in new b-bail league
Three decades after they lit up the high school basketball courts in the suburbs of Detroit, Gregory Terrell and Arthus Blackwell have joined the short list of African Americans to own a basketball franchise in a professional league. They are co-owners of the Detroit Dogs, one of the eight teams that is part of the new American Basketball Association 2001 (ABA).
Blackwell, is part owner of Greektown Casino in Detroit and Terrell, who also owns a Detroit accounting firm and settlement company, obtained the ABA ...
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Astronomer Clyde Tombaugh Dies; Discovered Pluto
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; Clyde Tombaugh, 90, the astronomer who...had a lung ailment. Mr. Tombaugh had been an astronomy professor...planet. For 10 months, Mr. Tombaugh compared 14-by-17...attended the College of William and Mary. He worked for...
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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PLUTO IS MUCH MORE THAN ICE BALL.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...a humble fellow named Clyde Tombaugh. It was Tombaugh who...that -- smile.'' Tombaugh watched the western...discovered Neptune in 1846 and William Herschel discovered Uranus...world was named Pluto by Tombaugh and the other Lowell...
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PLANETARY DISCOVERY HEAVENLY ASTRONOMER FOUND PLUTO 60 YEARS AGO.(Living)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...billion miles from Earth, Clyde Tombaugh can't keep his hands...to college. In 1929, Tombaugh's drawings got him...The English astronomer William Herschel discovered the...Uranus and Neptune. Tombaugh's job was to compare...
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Pluto discoverer remains starry-eyed 60 years later
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times
; ...billion miles from Earth, Clyde Tombaugh can't keep his hands...to college. In 1929, Tombaugh's drawings got him...The English astronomer William Herschel discovered the...Uranus and Neptune. Tombaugh's job was to compare...
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PLUTO REMAINS MORE THAN JUST A FORMER PLANET
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...only five years after Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto and...about a decade before Tombaugh's discovery that Gustav...British astronomer William Herschel wanted to name...named after him is where Tombaugh found Pluto. "Here...
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PLUTONIAN CLASSIFICATION A HEADACHE.(Capital Region)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; Byline: William M. Dowd All over Rensselaer...not help the legacy of Clyde Tombaugh. The astronomer, who...life. For the record, Tombaugh was no one-hit wonder...thanks to the IAU, Clyde Tombaugh has become the Roger Maris...
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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On This Day.(Features)
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; 1930: Clyde Tombaugh of Lowell Observatory announced the...observations. In the winter of 1929-30, Clyde Tombaugh, working at the Lowell Observatory...discoverer of oxygen; 1781: Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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It's official: Pluto is out
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
; WILLIAM J. KOLE, THE ASSOCIATED...put up a dogged fight By WILLIAM J. KOLE, THE ASSOCIATED...confusing," said Patricia Tombaugh, the 93-year-old widow of Pluto discoverer Clyde Tombaugh. "I don't know just...
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 "Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)")
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Sticking Up For Pluto: When It's Over New Mexico, It's A Planet.
Newspaper article from: Hartford Courant (Hartford, CT)
; Byline: William Weir Mar. 15--The rest...to preserve the legacy of Clyde Tombaugh, a native New Mexican who...94-year-old widow of Clyde who traveled from her home...assembly in 2009. Contact William Weir at bweir@courant...
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Pluto likely still a planet Solar system could grow to 12
Newspaper article from: The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
; ...frozen body discovered in 1930 by Streator native Clyde Tombaugh, likely will get to keep its status as a planet...story.__The man who discovered Pluto Name: Clyde William Tombaugh, who lived Feb. 4, 1906, to Jan. 17, 1997...
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