Crossword clues for shields
shields
- Protective screens
- Police badges
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- PBS political pundit
- Legal symbols
- Knights' protective screens
- Grizzly Bear album that guards men in war?
- Gladiators' gear
- Defensive gear
- Defense mechanisms
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- Author of "Down Came the Rain: My Journey Through Postpartum Depression"
- "Star Trek" defenses
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Housing Units (2000): 2587
Land area (2000): 6.538413 sq. miles (16.934410 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.068431 sq. miles (0.177235 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.606844 sq. miles (17.111645 sq. km)
FIPS code: 73560
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 43.417682 N, 84.073173 W
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In the Star Trek fictional universe, shields refer to a 23rd and 24th century technology that provides starships, space stations, and planets with limited protection against damage. They are sometimes referred to as deflectors, deflector shields, and screens (the latter during Star Trek: The Original Series).
In 1963 Cornelius Shields, one of the foremost proponents of one-design sailing in the U.S. conceived of a modern followup to the International One Design (IOD). The new boat would have the balance and beauty of the IOD while incorporating modern trends such as fiberglass construction. Shields commissioned Olin Stephens for the design. Over 250 have been built and many are actively raced in fleets around the U.S. Shields are sloop-rigged and usually sailed by a crew of three to five. No hiking straps are allowed, keeping athletic demands on the crew to a minimum. (Shields class web site.)
Principal dimensions: LOA 30'2" (9.19 m), DWL 20' (6.1 m), beam 6'5" (1.96 m), draft 4'9" (1.45 m), displacement 4,600 lb (2.1 t), ballast 3,080 lb (1.4 t), sail area ( Main, Jib) 360 ft² (33 m²), ( Spinnaker) 520 ft² (48 m²)
The Shields enjoys a strong National Association that organizes annual championship regattas. There are active fleets welcoming sailors across the country, including; Larchmont NY, Newport, RI, Chicago, IL, Oxford, MD and Monterey, CA.
Shields Class National championships have been contested since 1965. In September 2015, Betsy Allison and Ted Slee sailing Shields 33 Maverick won the 2015 Shields National Championship in Newport, RI. Past winners are listed on the class website.
Shields are hand-held protective devices meant to intercept attacks.
Shields may also refer to:
Shields is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Brooke Shields (born 1965), American actress
- Carol Shields (1935–2003), American author
- Carol Shields (ophthalmologist) (born 1957), American doctor
- Clayton Shields (born 1976), American basketball player
- Eileen Shields (born 1970), American footwear designer
- Francis Alexander Shields (1941–2003), Brooke Shields' father
- Frank Shields (1909–1975), American tennis player and actor
- Harry Shields (1899–1971), American dixieland jazz musician
- Jake Shields (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
- James Shields (politician, born 1810) (1810–1879), American politician and U.S. Army officer
- James Shields (politician, born 1762) (1762–1831), American congressman from Ohio
- James Shields (baseball) (born 1981), American baseball player
- Jimi Shields (active since 1991), Irish musician
- John Shields (disambiguation)
- Kevin Shields (born 1963), American musician
- Larry Shields (1893–1953), American dixieland jazz clarinetist
- Mark Shields (born 1937), American political pundit
- Mark Shields (police commissioner) (born 1959), Jamaica's Deputy Police Commissioner
- Michael Shields (disambiguation)
- Mick Shields (1912–1983), Australian rugby league footballer
- Paul Shields (disambiguation)
- Pete Shields (1891–1961), American baseball player
- Sam Shields (born 1987), American football player
- Scot Shields (born 1975), American baseball player
- Steve Shields (baseball) (born 1958), American baseball player
- Steve Shields (basketball coach) (born 1965), American basketball coach
- Steve Shields (ice hockey) (born 1972), Canadian ice hockey player
- Teri Shields (1933–2012), Brooke Shields' mother
- Thomas Todhunter Shields (1873–1955), Canadian religious leader
- Tyler Shields (born 1982), American photographer
- Will Shields (born 1971), American football player
Shields is the fourth studio album by American indie rock band Grizzly Bear, released on September 18, 2012 by Warp Records. Written and recorded following a six-month hiatus from band activities, the album was produced by bassist and multi-instrumentalist Chris Taylor, and preceded by the singles, " Sleeping Ute" and " Yet Again". An expanded version of Shields, entitled Shields Expanded, was released on November 12, 2013. This deluxe edition includes songs that did not make the album's final track listing, demo recordings and remixes. The eight additional tracks were also issued as a separate mini-album, entitled Shields: B-Sides.
Shields has been described as the band's most collaborative album, with vocalist and guitarist Daniel Rossen noting, "[The band's aim was to] write and make music that is as collaborative as possible, so that we have a product that we all feel a sense of authorship over as a collective."
The album received acclaim upon release. Shields reached number seven on the Billboard 200 and number seventeen on the UK Albums Chart.
Usage examples of "shields".
A half-dozen Grey Sword squads emerged from the smoke, the front two ranks with swords and shields, the rear two with cocked crossbows.
The first of the Pannion Scalandi appeared, lithe, leather-shirted and leather-helmed, wielding spears and scavenged swords, a few with wicker shields, pushing against the yielding line of Lestari heavy infantry, dying one after another, yet still more came on, voicing a keening warcry.
The Grey Swords locked shields, ends curling to enclose the Mortal Sword as they readied their last stand in the centre of the concourse.
Crashed against the locked shields of the surviving Grey Swords even as they struggled to close the gaps in their ranks.
Capustan, in the shadows edging down a broad slope, the massed ranks of Malazan heavy infantry locked shields and advanced.
You Shields seem to have a monopoly on this sort of private mercenary work.
Gryph decided not to mention the more mundane fact that many Shields had been privately relieved to learn that the valiant Targyn had met his end in a suitably noble fashion.
Council of the Shields was seriously considering sending him out to get rid of Targyn.
Avylyns explained that the Shields number very few and that most of you walk alone for the most part.
The Shields keep to themselves for the most part, but they apparently have a few unquestioned privileges.
With the exception of the Shields, the westerners have abided by that philosophy, just as we in the east have followed it.
The Shields must have wielded some fairly impressive authority in order to get themselves exempted from the laws everyone else abides by.
The point is that, for whatever reason, the locals have granted the Shields certain privileges as a social class.
The important point is that the colonists repaid the Shields by negotiating the Pact.
It was freely acknowledged among Shields that however experienced a man was with prisma or with women, he was a novice when it came to establishing the permanent link with his Shieldmate.