windward
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
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windward, the weather side, or that from which the wind blows. It is the opposite side to
leeward.
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gage.
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Sparta Systems, Inc. Expands Executive Management Team.
PR Newswire; 6/27/2007; 700+ words
; ...N.J., June 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Systems, Inc., the maker of TrackWise...combined industry management experience to Sparta, new members include Jim DeSocio, Chief...years of executive level experience to Sparta, is responsible for managing and growing...
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Sparta Systems, Inc. Announces Channel Sales Program for TrackWise Software.
PR Newswire; 1/16/2007; 700+ words
; HOLMDEL, N.J., Jan. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Systems, Inc. (Sparta), the makers of TrackWise(R) software and the...systems, today announced the establishment of its Sparta Channel Program(TM) (SCP). Certified channel...
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Sparta, Ill., Chamber of Commerce Holds Elections, Makes Decisions.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 2/12/2004; 700+ words
; By Mike Springston, Sparta News-Plaindealer, Sparta, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Feb. 12--The Sparta Chamber of Commerce, meeting Feb. 4, voted to return to Busch Stadium for a Sparta Night baseball game in 2004, and...
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Sparta Systems' TrackWise Software Enhances Quality Processes at The Blood Connection.
PR Newswire; 2/22/2007; 700+ words
; ...TrackWise, an enterprise software system developed by Sparta Systems, Inc. (Sparta), for highly-regulated life science industries...interpretation and analysis of different events. Therefore, Sparta's TrackWise will be a good, proactive use of...
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Sparta Brush aims to clean up worldwide
Newspaper article from: La Crosse Tribune; 3/29/1997; ; 700+ words
; SPARTA, Wis. -- Sparta Bush Co. is working to keep America and the world clean and healthy. Sparta Brush makes 1,100 different brushes, and the majority of the brushes are used in the food service and food processing industries, the company...
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SPARTA FOODS ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER AND SIX-MONTH SALES AND EARNINGS AND NEW BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
PR Newswire; 6/8/1992; 700+ words
; SPARTA FOODS ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER AND SIX...PAUL, Minn., June 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Foods, Inc. today announced sales and...The opportunities which Cruz brings to Sparta Foods are very exciting and will add greatly...
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Sparta Surgical Corporation to Acquire Clinimark, Inc. and Subsidiaries
PR Newswire; 7/21/1998; 700+ words
; ...Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Surgical Corporation, (OTC Bulletin...The letter of intent also calls for Sparta to issue earn-out common shares to Clinimark...several conditions, including approval by Sparta's Board of Directors; the determination...
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Sparta, Ill., chamber of commerce holds board meeting.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 11/10/2004; 700+ words
; By Mike Springston, Sparta News-Plaindealer, Sparta, Ill. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 10--The Sparta Chamber of Commerce board of directors, meeting Nov. 3, discussed the Christmas activities and the Sparta Home Show...
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Sparta Foods to Acquire Southwest Tortilla Manufacturer.
PR Newswire; 9/28/1999; 700+ words
; With New Acquisition, Sparta Foods' Combined Sales Expected to Exceed...Minn., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Foods, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPFO), announced...were not disclosed. Joel P. Bachul, Sparta Foods' president and chief executive...
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Sparta Systems Continues Momentum with Channel Partner Expansion.
PR Newswire; 2/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...HOLMDEL, N.J., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Sparta Systems, Inc. (Sparta), the maker of TrackWise(R), and the market...US Jade, CPS, Conperio Inc. and Infogain. Sparta's channel program is designed to enhance the ability...
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Sparta
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sparta , city of ancient Greece, capital of Laconia...River in the Peloponnesus. Spartan Society Sparta's government was headed by two hereditary...mountain-walled valley, the city-state of Sparta was created by invading Dorian Greeks...
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sparta
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
sparta, sparto ; spartita , spartito (It.). Score .
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Agesilaus II
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...amassed a huge amount of booty. Meanwhile Sparta's supremacy in Greece was broken by...was killed in Boeotia, and the other of Sparta's dual kings, Pausanias, was banished...Coronea, where he was wounded, and reached Sparta well laden with loot. Agesilaus thus...
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Pericles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the Assembly, Pericles advocated hostility toward Sparta and radical constitutional reform at home. He worked...states and as the nominal partner of an inactive Sparta, or to attack Sparta, exploit the coalition for that purpose, and make...
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Cleomenes I
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...C., when the city of Plataea asked Sparta for help against Thebes. He suggested...into the Peloponnesian League, of which Sparta held the military command. But Cleomenes...Athens but failed. The only rival to Sparta in the Peloponnesus was Argos. Cleomenes...
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