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  • Lee could afford it, because he was LEE and had a JACKSON to execute the movements, but on occasions when the enemy in front are more numerous and commanded by the most able and astute Generals of the time, the movement is hazardous in the extreme.

    History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert

  • The best practice certainly is, to man both buntlines and the lee leechline well, and then to haul the LEE clew-garnet close up, before starting the tack or slacking the bowline.

    The Lieutenant and Commander Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 1862

  • Therefore it is but making our next grand assault on some morning when they are to windward of us -- creeping up, in the lee of LEE, as if he were a stag -- and Richmond is ours. "

    Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee John Esten Cooke 1858

  • The Mexican-Spanish way of pronouncing LEE is LEY ... voila .... new name for the Chinese co-owners of the chain of grocery stores that originated (if I'm remembering correctly) in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

    Chinese, Ley and Soriana 2009

  • The Mexican-Spanish way of pronouncing LEE is LEY ... voila .... new name for the Chinese co-owners of the chain of grocery stores that originated (if I'm remembering correctly) in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

    Chinese, Ley and Soriana 2009

  • The Mexican-Spanish way of pronouncing LEE is LEY ... voila .... new name for the Chinese co-owners of the chain of grocery stores that originated (if I'm remembering correctly) in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

    Chinese, Ley and Soriana 2009

  • The Mexican-Spanish way of pronouncing LEE is LEY ... voila .... new name for the Chinese co-owners of the chain of grocery stores that originated (if I'm remembering correctly) in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

    Chinese, Ley and Soriana 2009

  • The Mexican-Spanish way of pronouncing LEE is LEY ... voila .... new name for the Chinese co-owners of the chain of grocery stores that originated (if I'm remembering correctly) in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

    Chinese, Ley and Soriana 2009

  • The Mexican-Spanish way of pronouncing LEE is LEY ... voila .... new name for the Chinese co-owners of the chain of grocery stores that originated (if I'm remembering correctly) in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

    Chinese, Ley and Soriana 2009

  • The Mexican-Spanish way of pronouncing LEE is LEY ... voila .... new name for the Chinese co-owners of the chain of grocery stores that originated (if I'm remembering correctly) in Culiacan, Sinaloa.

    Chinese, Ley and Soriana 2009

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  • NASA, Spacestation term for Latching End Effector

    "The first task for spacewalkers Mark Vande Hei and Norishige Kanai is to move a Latching End Effector (LEE), or hand, for the Canadian-built robotic arm, Canadarm2, from a payload attachment on the station’s Mobile Base System rail car to the Quest airlock. " - NASA Johnson YouTube video 'U.S. Spacewalk 48 Animation'

    February 17, 2018