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sleet
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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sleet falling snow partially thawed. XIII. repr. OE. *
slēte :- *
slautjan-, rel. to MLG.
slōten pl. hail, MHG.
slōze,
slōz (G.
schlosse) hail(stone).
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SLEET CLOSE TO FIGHT FOR RIGHTS.(Show)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 1/21/1990; 700+ words
; ...Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Moneta Sleet Jr. had his eyes on the prize, the metaphorical prize of social justice. But Sleet also shared with King the winning of a...King's was the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize. Sleet's was the 1969 Pulitzer Prize for feature...
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Moneta J. Sleet Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer, eulogized in New York.(includes a reprint of a letter of condolence from Coretta Scott King)(Obituary)
Magazine article from: Jet; 10/21/1996; 700+ words
; ...Prize-winning photographer Moneta J. Sleet Jr. in the Unity Church of Christianity...gathering of prize-winning photographers. Sleet, 70, was the first Black male and the...Hospital. The principal mourners included Sleet's wife of 46 years, Juanita Harris Sleet...
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JUDGE SLEET SAYS STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS CONTINUES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 3/16/2007; 700+ words
; ...issued the following news release: Gregory Sleet, judge of the U.S. District Court in...Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Moneta Sleet Jr., in his presentation, "The Struggle...through the Lens of My Father, Moneta Sleet." Sleet delivered UD's annual Louis...
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Women In Leadership: Carolyn J. Sleet
Magazine article from: Business People; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; A teacher for 30 years, Carolyn J. Sleet is now principal of Weisser Park Elementary...I always wanted to be a teacher," Sleet says. "My mom inspired me through her...keep current." According to others, Sleet has a "passion to impact the lives of...
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Late EBONY Photographer Moneta J. Sleet, Jr. Remembered With Historical Marker In Kentucky, His Home State.(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Jet; 3/20/2000; 700+ words
; ...transitory quality of life, the Moneta Sleet Memorial Historical marker was recently...KY. It was in Owensboro that Moneta J. Sleet, Jr., EBONY Magazine's Pulitzer Prize...photographer, was born and raised. Mrs. Juanita Sleet, his widow, and their eldest son, U...
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Pulitzer Winner: Moneta J. Sleet, Jr., Noted Photographer
Newspaper article from: Los Angeles Sentinel; 11/7/1996; 584 words
; ...11-07-1996 PULITZER WINNER: Moneta J. Sleet, Jr., Noted Photographer. Moneta J. Sleet Jr., who documented the Civil Rights movement...Prize in photography, has died. He was 70. Sleet died Oct. 1 at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital...
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 "Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)")
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It was sleet that got the drivers stuck.
Newspaper article from: Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA); 2/26/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...prodigious, perhaps record, amounts of sleet. Not that it was a total surprise. Warnings...He remembers saying, "If this is all sleet, this is going to be incredible." It wasn't all sleet, a catchall term for frozen precipitation...
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Moneta Sleet Jr., Pulitzer prize-winning photographer, dies in New York City.
Magazine article from: Jet; 10/14/1996; 700+ words
; Moneta Sleet Jr., one of America's greatest photographers...of Johnson Publishing Company, said: "Sleet was one of the unsung giants of our profession...he grew up and attended public schools, Sleet started taking photographs as a child after...
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Owensboro, Ky. honors Moneta Sleet Jr. with historical marker
Newspaper article from: Chicago Defender; 2/24/2000; ; 637 words
; Owensboro, Ky. honors Moneta Sleet Jr. with historical marker Many years...dedication of a historical marker to Moneta Sleet Jr. Until Doris Saunders, an editor for...significant events of the world in photographs. Sleet was one of the fantastic photographers...
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 "ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia)")
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SLEET AND STORM HIT BANDUNG ON SUNDAY.
News Wire article from: ANT - LKBN ANTARA (Indonesia); 3/30/2008; 486 words
; ...time on Sunday, strong storm followed by sleet hit the city of Bandung, thus causing...strong storm which was then followed by sleet, such a kind of the drop of ice from the...a car on the way to home but at sudden sleet poured down together with strong storm...
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Sleet, Moneta Jr. 1926–
Book article from: Contemporary Black Biography
Moneta Sleet, Jr. 1926– Photojournalist...Retrospective in the Mid-1980s Sources Moneta Sleet, Jr., has been taking pictures of people...prize-winning photojournalist and artist. Sleet’s parents sparked his interest...
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sleet
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
sleet / slēt / • n...xA0; a thin coating of ice formed by sleet or rain freezing on contact with a...surface. • v. [ intr. ] ( it sleets , it is sleeting , etc.) sleet falls: it was sleeting so hard we...
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Acid Rain
Book article from: Water:Science and Issues
...Sources and Forms of Acid Rain Rain, snow, sleet, and other forms of precipitation are...either wet form (e.g., rain, snow, sleet, and hail), known as wet deposition...although it also takes the form of snow, sleet, clouds, or fog. Wet deposition is intermittent...
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Biological Warfare
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...the identification of threat agents and have begun to address the needs of public health in responding to an event. David A. Sleet Stephen A. Morse (see also: Anthrax; Antisocial Behavior; Arms Control; Contagion; Terrorism; War ) Bibliography Khan...
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Reckless Driving
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health
...prevention programs. This guide can be found on the NHTSA web site at http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people. David A. Sleet Bruce H. Jones (see also: Behavior, Health-Related; Behavioral Strategies for Reducing Traffic Crashes; Public Health...
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