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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
sloop fore-and-aft-rigged, single-masted sailing vessel with a single headsail jib. A sloop differs from a cutter in that it has a jibstay—a support leading from the bow to the masthead on which the jib is set. A sloop of war was a small warship, variously rigged as a barque, brig, brigantine, or ship, that carried fewer than 18 guns in the British navy and fewer than 24 in the American navy. These vessels played an active role in the American Revolution and the French Revolutionary Wars. The sloop disappeared as a warship in the mid-19th cent., but during World War II the British... Read more
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The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea sloop. 1. A sailing vessel with a single mast, fore-and-aft rigged...with a rig 91.5 metres (300 ft) high, became the largest sloop ever built up to that time when she was launched at Woolston...beginning of the 19th century there were two accepted classes of sloop depending on the number of masts: the ship ... Read more
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English sloop / sloōp / • n. a one-masted sailboat with a fore-and-aft mainsail and a jib. ∎  (also sloop of war ) hist. a small square-rigged sailing warship with two or three masts. ∎  hist. a small antisubmarine... Read more

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Judge booted from bench: Justices say public deserves better, block Sloop from final 4 years of term.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 12/8/2006; 700+ words ; ...SANFORD -- Calling Seminole County Judge John Sloop abusive and unfit, the Florida Supreme...kicked him off the bench. Two years ago, Sloop ordered 11 people to jail because they...have seen of abuse of judicial authority. Sloop's actions were the antithesis of his judicial... Read more
Interview: Dr. Gregory Sloop discusses new information regarding the death of composer George Gershwin
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 4/12/2001; ; 700+ words ; 00-00-0000 Interview: Dr. Gregory Sloop discusses new information regarding the...quite probably operable tumor. Dr. Gregory Sloop, a pathologist at the Louisiana State University...Journal of Medical Biography. Dr. GREGORY SLOOP (Louisiana State University School of Medicine... Read more
Top state court blisters Sloop on his behavior.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 11/4/2006; 590 words ; ...at embattled Seminole County Judge John Sloop on Friday, with one justice calling him rude, abrupt,abusive. Sloop faced a barrage of tough questions from...before the justices decide whether to toss Sloop from the bench. It's unclear when they... Read more
A CENTURY OF SMOOTH SAILING THE SLOOP GLADIATOR OFFERS A FOND RETURN TO THE PAST AS IT PLIES THE WATERS OF MAINE WITH STYLE AND GRACE
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 7/20/2003; ; 700+ words ; FRIENDSHIP, Maine - Fans of the Friendship sloop are fond of saying the turn-of-the-century...years ago, picking out the lone Friendship sloop here on its home turf is hard to do. Imagine...outings that surround the single, aged sloop. Friendship is a working harbor. Several... Read more
Sloop owner speaks out through lawyers
Newspaper article from: The Press; 2/21/1998; 380 words ; The sloop owner at the centre of the Marlborough inquiry...hinted at his desire for the return of his sloop, seized in Shakespeare Bay on January 12...disappearance of Olivia Hope and Ben Smart. The sloop has been held in a secure hangar at the Woodbourne... Read more
Final appeal rejected -- Judge Sloop turns in key: The state Supreme Court refuses to reopen the Seminole judge's case, ending 16 years of service.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 1/5/2007; 425 words ; ...legal maneuver by Seminole County Judge John Sloop, he was formally removed from office. Sloop, 58, surrendered his key to the Seminole County...time as a judge. He had served for 16 years. Sloop is the judge who two years ago ordered 11 people... Read more
Speculation surrounds sloop owner
Newspaper article from: The Press; 1/16/1998; ; 404 words ; ...is rife in Picton about the owner of the sloop at the centre of police investigations...when a Press reporter called. Mr Watson's sloop was seized by the police after a report...said they were focusing inquiries on the sloop but were still keen to hear of sightings... Read more
Judge says his jailing of 11 'horrified' him: Seminole's John Sloop tells a panel deciding his fate that he has a mental disorder.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 3/29/2006; 668 words ; ...he had done, Seminole County Judge John Sloop on Tuesday told a panel deciding whether...he said on the first day of his trial. Sloop, 57, is fighting to salvage his 15-year...judges, want him removed from the bench. Sloop blamed his actions on attention deficit... Read more
Judge will take rap for actions on bench: Seminole County's John Sloop agrees to admit wrongdoing and likely faces a suspension.
Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News); 3/9/2006; 700+ words ; ...sworn statement in September, Judge John Sloop indicated he would accept a one- to two-mon...assumption, she said, but I can't confirm it. Sloop, 57, is accused of four separate instances...courthouse personnel had sent them there, Sloop refused to order their release. The defendants... Read more
ADHD or an anger problem? Experts disagree about Sloop.
Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL); 3/30/2006; 565 words ; ...control others. Seminole County Judge John Sloop, 57, did not dispute those allegations...judges. Prosecutors for the commission want Sloop kicked off the bench. The six-member panel began deliberations Wednesday night on Sloop's fate. It's not clear when it will report... Read more

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