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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | © The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English 2009, originally published by Oxford University Press 2009. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

dyn • abbr. dyne.

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	Dynes makes music ducks want to hear Newspaper article from: Dayton Daily News; 11/15/2004; ; 700 words ; Ducks and geese listen when Aaron Dynes talks. And Dynes talks to the birds through his custommade duck and goose...been a dyed-in-the-wool hunter and fisherman," said Dynes, a 32-year-old optician who lives near Caesar Creek...
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	UC President Robert Dynes stepping down. Newspaper article from: San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA); 8/13/2007; 700+ words ; ...University of California President Robert C. Dynes is stepping down, effective next June...continue his research into superconductivity. Dynes will be replaced by Provost and Executive...sent today to UC's Board of Regents, Dynes described a presidency "filled both with...
	EDITORIAL: UC's Dynes isn't the problem -- he's the solution News Wire article from: University Wire; 5/10/2006; ; 671 words ; ...University of California President Robert Dynes to either step down or be fired indicate...judicious aim. Of the three senators who want Dynes out, one of them, Sen. Jeff Denham...The senators do not directly determine Dynes' fate; that power is reserved for the...
	UC names new president Robert C. Dynes is the UCSD chancellor and a physicist with knowledge of troubled national energy labs the university manages Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 6/12/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Wednesday selected UC San Diego Chancellor Robert C. Dynes as the next president of the 10- campus system. "I...said following the regents' unanimous vote to select Dynes. Dynes, 60, was chosen from a national pool of more than 300...
	Bipartisan legislators implore U. California regents to remove Dynes News Wire article from: University Wire; 5/18/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...University of California President Robert Dynes joined the UC Board of Regents, the public...as part of a bipartisan effort to force Dynes to resign or be removed. "As soon as...take care of it," Figueroa admonished Dynes. "We need to have new leadership...
	Dynes to begin 2-day visit Thursday News Wire article from: University Wire; 5/26/2004; ; 580 words ; ...California regions, UC President Robert Dynes will begin his two-day visit to the University...former UC President Richard Atkinson, Dynes opted to visit each UC campus and regions...new president to Californians and give Dynes a chance to listen to their concerns and...
	Van Dyne retires at Bangor Houston is interim track superintendent Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 6/7/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...inside track on Bangor Raceway was Arnie Van Dyne. That distinction will become someone...track issues made me retire early," Van Dyne said. "I had wicked chest pains and took...with Bangor having fall racing now," Van Dyne said. "Besides, if I'm going to do...
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