Wayne Definition–noun | 1. | Anthony (“Mad Anthony” ), 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general. | | 2. | John (Marion Michael Morrison; “Duke”), 1907–79, U.S. film actor. |
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State Definition–noun | 1. | the condition of a person or thing, as with respect to circumstances or attributes: a state of health. | | 2. | the condition of matter with respect to structure, form, constitution, phase, or the like: water in a gaseous state. | | 3. | status, rank, or position in life; station: He dresses in a manner befitting his state. | | 4. | the style of living befitting a person of wealth and high rank: to travel in state. | | 5. | a particular condition of mind or feeling: to be in an excited state. | | 6. | an abnormally tense, nervous, or perturbed condition: He's been in a state since hearing about his brother's death. | | 7. | a politically unified people occupying a definite territory; nation. | | 8. | the territory, or one of the territories, of a government. | | 9. | (sometimes initial capital letter) any of the bodies politic which together make up a federal union, as in the United States of America. | | 10. | the body politic as organized for civil rule and government (distinguished from church ). | | 11. | the operations or activities of a central civil government: affairs of state. | | 12. | (initial capital letter) Also called State Department. Informal. the Department of State. | | 13. | Printing. a set of copies of an edition of a publication which differ from others of the same printing because of additions, corrections, or transpositions made during printing or at any time before publication. | | 14. | the States, Informal. th
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e United States (usually used outside its borders): After a year's study in Spain, he returned to the States. | –adjective | 15. | of or pertaining to the central civil government or authority. | | 16. | made, maintained, or chartered by or under the authority of one of the commonwealths that make up a federal union: a state highway; a state bank. | | 17. | characterized by, attended with, or involving ceremony: a state dinner. | | 18. | used on or reserved for occasions of ceremony. | –verb (used with object) | 19. | to declare definitely or specifically: She stated her position on the case. | | 20. | to set forth formally in speech or writing: to state a hypothesis. | | 21. | to set forth in proper or definite form: to state a problem. | | 23. | to fix or settle, as by authority. | —Idiom | 24. | lie in state, (of a corpse) to be exhibited publicly with honors before burial: The president's body lay in state for two days. | |
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University Definition–noun, plural -ties. | an institution of learning of the highest level, having a college of liberal arts and a program of graduate studies together with several professional schools, as of theology, law, medicine, and engineering, and authorized to confer both undergraduate and graduate degrees. Continental European universities usually have only graduate or professional schools. | |
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University Prep coach trying to build solid program
Detroit News - Found Dec. 18, 2008
... boys basketball coach at University Prep, located on St. Antoine between Second and Third avenues near the Wayne State campus. University Prep...
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PRSA-Detroit Honors 4 at Annual Meeting
Dennis Wayne Day
Albany Democrat-Herald - Found Dec. 13, 2008
New York, where he trained Navy Pilots, and a commercial pilot in Newport News, R.I. He also worked in maintenance at Oregon State University.
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Wayne State LIS Program Becomes Autonomous School
Library Journal - Found Dec. 12, 2008
Citing growth in enrollment and the richness of offerings at the at Wayne State University, Detroit, the universitys Board of Governors has approved
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Mayoral candidates to attend forum tonight at University of Detroit ...
The Detroit Free Press - Found Dec. 11, 2008
... for a three-hour forum at University of Detroit ... State Rep. Coleman Young II; Joseph Warren Holt; ... Sanders, D. Etta Wilcoxon, and ...
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Finals week means free pancakes for Oklahoma State U. students
U-Wire.com - Found Dec. 10, 2008
Oklahoma State University is no different, as this week, another edition of Campus Life’s ... Wayne Prater, manager of Student Union dining, is
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Wayne State slashes budget
Detroit News - Found Dec. 4, 2008
DETROIT -- Wayne State University eliminated vacant positions and reduced funding to its schools to plug an $8 million budget shortfall, signaling
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Wayne State Slashes Budget By $8 Million
Michigan Public Radio - Found Dec. 3, 2008
) Wayne State University is slashing $8 million in spending from this year's budget - in part, to recover from lower-than-expected fall enrollment.
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Wayne State Cuts Jobs, Program Spending to Plug $8M Budget Shortfall
University Business - Found Dec. 3, 2008
Wayne State University eliminated vacant positions and reduced funding to its schools to plug an $8 million budget shortfall, signaling the beginning ...
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