United States filmmaker whose works explore the richness of black culture in America (born in 1957)
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United States striptease artist who became famous on Broadway in the 1930s (1914-1970)
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United States actor who was an expert in kung fu and starred in martial arts films (1941-1973)
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United States physicist (born in China) who collaborated with Yang Chen Ning in disproving the principle of conservation of parity (born in 1926)
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leader of the American Revolution who proposed the resolution calling for independence of the American Colonies (1732-1794)
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soldier of the American Revolution (1756-1818)
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American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
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the side of something that is sheltered from the wind
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towards the side away from the wind
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Lee \Lee\ (l[=e]), v. i., To lie; to speak falsely. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Lee \Lee\, n.; pl. {Lees} (l[=e]z). [F. lie, perh. fr. L. levare to lift up, raise. Cf. {Lever}.] That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural. [Lees occurs also as a form of the singular.] ``The lees of wine.'' --Holland.
A thousand demons lurk within the lee. --Young.
The wine of life is drawn, and the mere lees Is left this vault to brag of. --Shak.
Lee \Lee\, n. [OE. lee shelter, Icel. hl[=e], akin to AS. hle['o], hle['o]w, shelter, protection, OS. hl[`e]o, D. lij lee, Sw. l["a], Dan. l[ae].] 1. A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship.
We lurked under lee. --Morte d'Arthure.
Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall.
2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See {Lee}, a.
{By the lee}, {To bring by the lee}. See under {By}, and {Bring}.
{Under the lee of}, on that side which is sheltered from the wind; as, to be under the lee of a ship.
Lee \Lee\, a. (Naut.) Of or pertaining to the part or side opposite to that against which the wind blows; -- opposed to {weather}; as, the lee side or lee rail of a vessel.
{Lee gauge}. See {Gauge}, n. (Naut.)
{Lee shore}, the shore on the lee side of a vessel.
{Lee tide}, a tide running in the same direction that the wind blows.
{On the lee beam}, directly to the leeward; in a line at right angles to the length of the vessel and to the leeward.
Seasonal southeasterly winds, the same that bring balmy breezes in from tropical seas to the south, are to blame, causing congregations of jellyfish along lee shores.
At some, such as Holme Pierrepont in Nottingham, a few crews shelter in the lee of a bank if there is a cross wind, as others battle their way through white water.
So they've moved the area to a less dusty spot in the lee of the mountains, Paczynski said.
Wagons-Lits has strengths, including a valuable name (which sounds like vahgawn lee), more than a century of experience in the travel business and rich, institutional shareholders.