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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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teat nipple of breast or udder. XIII. ME.
tete — OF.
tete (later and mod.
tette), prob. of Gmc. origin (see
TIT1, which it repl. in the standard lang.).
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A scintillating `Tete-a-tete'
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 1/13/2000; ; 554 words
; ...Dass New Straits Times 01-13-2000 A scintillating `Tete-a-tete' Byline: Francis Dass Edition: 2* Section: Upstage Memo: (STF) - Attend `Tete-a-tete' later this week for a conversation with...
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All Districts in Tete to Be Electrified By Next Year.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 12/12/2008; 700+ words
; Tete, Dec 12, 2008 (Agencia de Informacao de...All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- Tete, in western Mozambique, will soon become...electricity grid. Speaking to reporters in Tete City, the director of distribution of the...
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'TETE' OFFENSIVE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 8/28/1989; ; 700+ words
; TETE A TETE -- Play in two acts by Ralph Burdman, directed by Robert Rooney, set by...eavesdrop, then expire along with them? Which is the question behind "Tete a Tete," a two-character play fictionalizing Sartre's moribund moments...
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Flower of the week: Tete Tete daffodil.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/5/2001; 535 words
; _Botanical name: Narcissus Tete Tete _Attributes: The most prolific miniature daffodil that blooms...winter to mid or late March following a hard winter. _Bloom color: Tete Tete daffodils are classic daffodil yellow. _Culture: Tete Tete...
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Collapse in Tete Customs Revenue.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 11/11/2002; 685 words
; ...finances in the western Mozambican province of Tete are in crisis because of a sharp decline...daily paper "Diario de Mocambique". Tete never collected enough revenue to pay for...revenue peaked in September 2000, when the Tete customs posts collected about eight billion...
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Renamo Claims of Tete Violence `Total Fabrication'.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 8/12/2004; 700+ words
; ...against Renamo members in the western province of Tete, and that "Tete is a new Darfur in Mozambique" are "a total fabrication...destabilisation, had taken a quantity of weaponry to the Tete district of Changara and was looking for a pretext to...
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Hazel Rowley. Tete-a-Tete: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre.(Book review)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 9/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; Hazel Rowley. Tete-a-Tete: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre. New York. HarperCollins...eventful lives deserve the several long biographies already in print. In Tete-a-Tete: Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, Hazel Rowley...
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We also deserve attention: Tete.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 4/27/2006; 607 words
; We also deserve attention: Tete Ranchi, Apr 27 (PTI) A shade over...national women's hockey team, Sumrai Tete. But there is a world of difference...whenever Dhoni returns to his home town, Tete only has her relatives and close friends...
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Sur La Tete Easily Wins Royal Chase
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/21/2006; ; 566 words
; ...Jockey Christopher Read guides Sur La Tete, left, toward the finish through a driving...21, 2006, in Lexington, Ky. Sur La Tete won the race with Mauritania was second...unharmed. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke) Sur La Tete overcame heavy rain to easily win the Royal...
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Tete Governor Denounces Customs.
News Wire article from: Africa News Service; 9/25/2002; 607 words
; ...governor of the western Mozambican province of Tete, Tomas Mandlate, has said that the customs...Mandlate described the performance of the Tete branch of customs as "appalling". He...that not all the revenue collected by the Tete customs finds its way into the state...
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Tete
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Tete , town (1997 pop. 101,984), capital of Tete province, W central Mozambique, on the Zambezi River. It...are at nearby Moatize. Founded by the Portuguese in 1531, Tete long served as headquarters for traders, slave-raiders...
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Mozambique
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Beira , Moçambique , Nampula , Pemba, Quelimane , Tete, Angoche, and Xai-Xai. The principal ethnic groups are...Cahora Bassa hydroelectric project (located on the Zambezi near Tete) is exported to South Africa. A smaller hydroelectric plant...
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Aimee, Anouk 1932(?)–
Book article from: Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television
...donne degli altri, and Lovers of Paris ), 1957. Stephanie, La tete contre les murs (also known as The Keepers ), 1958. Carve...Dredgers, and The Young Have No Morals ), 1959. Stephanie, La tete contre les murs (also known as Head Against the Wall and The...
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teat
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
teat nipple of breast or udder. XIII. ME. tete — OF. tete (later and mod. tette ), prob. of Gmc. origin (see TIT1 , which it repl. in the standard lang.).
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Chavis, Boozoo
Book article from: Contemporary Musicians
...reported 150,000 copies. While it was not the first zydeco recording — Chenier had his first hit with “ Ay-Tete-Fee ” the year before — it was the new music ’ s first hit and remains a dancehall standard...
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