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Otis \O"tis\, prop. n. [L., a kind of bustard, Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of birds including certain of the bustards.

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Otis, CO -- U.S. town in Colorado
Population (2000): 534
Housing Units (2000): 248
Land area (2000): 0.409261 sq. miles (1.059982 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.409261 sq. miles (1.059982 sq. km)
FIPS code: 56365
Located within: Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
Location: 40.150645 N, 102.962521 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 80743
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Otis, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000): 325
Housing Units (2000): 170
Land area (2000): 0.300843 sq. miles (0.779179 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.300843 sq. miles (0.779179 sq. km)
FIPS code: 53525
Located within: Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location: 38.534933 N, 99.052088 W
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Otis (album)

Otis is an album released by Mojo Nixon in 1990, which featured John Doe of X, Country Dick Montana ( Beat Farmers), Bill Davis ( Dash Rip Rock) and Eric Roscoe Ambel ( The Del-Lords).

Nixon's first album since splitting with Skid Roper, and released by Enigma Records, the album was seen as potentially Nixon's break-out album but the record label's demise due to financial issues dashed any chance of success.

The album includes humorous commentary on targets such as soft rock ("Don Henley Must Die"), the legal profession ("Destroy All Lawyers"), politics, and Shane MacGowan's teeth. Featuring a band of established musicians from other bands and produced by Jim Dickinson, the album's music was considered to be stronger than Nixon's previous releases.

Otis (film)

Otis is a 2008 direct-to-DVD comedy horror film directed by Tony Krantz. It is the fourth Raw Feed horror film from Warner Home Video.

Otis (given name)

Otis is a male given name derived from Greek Οὖτις, "no one" (cf. "Nemo," derived from the Latin word having the same meaning) and may refer to:

Otis (surname)

Otis is a surname of early medieval English origin, .

  • Amos Otis, a professional baseball player
  • Bill Otis, professional baseball player
  • Elisha Otis, inventor of a safety device for hoisting machinery, who went on to invent the first passenger elevator
  • Elwell Otis, an American general who served in the Philippines during the Spanish-American and Philippine-American wars
  • Glenn K. Otis U.S. Army general (retd.)
  • Harrison Gray Otis (publisher) (1837–1917), a publisher of the Los Angeles Times
  • Harrison Gray Otis (lawyer) (1765–1848), a representative and senator from Massachusetts
  • James Otis:
    • James Otis, Sr. (1702–1778), American revolutionary politician
    • James Otis, Jr. (1725–1783), American revolutionary politician
    • James Otis, pen name of James Otis Kaler (1848–1912), American journalist and author of children’s literature
    • James Otis (politician) (1826–1875), mayor of San Francisco, California
    • James Otis (actor), American film and television actor
  • Johnny Otis, American rhythm and blues musician and impresario
  • Samuel Allyne Otis, American politician
  • Shuggie Otis, American songwriter, recording artist and multi-instrumentalist
  • Todd Otis, American politician
  • William Otis, inventor of the steam shovel
  • Mercy Otis Warren. American writer
Otis (song)

"Otis" is a song by American hip hop artists Kanye West and Jay-Z, from their first collaborative album Watch the Throne (2011). The song posthumously features soul singer Otis Redding, whose version of " Try a Little Tenderness" is sampled in the song. The production was covered solely by West. The track was premiered by Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show and was released onto the Internet the day afterward. Lyrically, the song has the two rappers sharing lines discussing wealth, decadence and fame. The track received highly positive reviews from music critics who praised the trading off of verses by the two rappers and the Redding-sampled beat, which was compared to the style heard on West's The College Dropout. Several publications placed the song amongst the best of the year.

The track was released as the second single from Watch the Throne on July 20, 2011. The song peaked at number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached position 2 on both the Billboard Hot Rap Songs and Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs charts. The song has since been certified Platinum for sales exceeding 1,000,000. The song received a music video directed by Spike Jonze on August 2011. The video primarily shows West and Jay-Z modifying a Maybach luxury car and then driving around in it with no doors or windows, while four girls are smiling in the backseat. After its release, the video was met with positive reception. The cover art was designed by Italian fashion designer Riccardo Tisci.

Jay and West performed the song at all the stops on their 2011 Watch the Throne Tour. It was also performed at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards and at the 2012 Radio 1's Big Weekend musical festival. At the 54th Grammy Awards in 2012, "Otis" was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rap Song and won a Grammy for Best Rap Performance.

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Otis, a protege of Gridley, had been for Adams the shining example of the lawyer-scholar, learned yet powerful in argument.

A lifetime later, Adams would vividly describe Otis as he had been in his surpassing moment, in the winter of 1761, in argument against writs of assistance, search warrants that permitted customs officers to enter and search any premises whenever they wished.

James Warren, while his wife, Mercy Otis Warren, who was a playwright and a woman Adams particularly admired, lectured him on the ideal republican government she foresaw for the future union of the colonies.

To further reduce expenses, Adams had given up the small house in Philadelphia and taken a room with the secretary of the Senate, Samuel Otis, and his wife, who did not normally accommodate boarders but felt the Vice President of the United States should have something better than the usual lodging house.

But while Rush substantiated so much that Adams liked to believe about the meaning of friendship, another old friend, Mercy Otis Warren, hurt and provoked him as no one had in years, and without warning.

Chippingham had invited everyone who had been at the task force meeting, including Sloane, but the anchorman declined, deciding to go home to Larchmont with his FBI escort, Otis Havelock.

Then, behind him, bobble-butting out the bus door, come that big-mouthed doughball of a character from Los Angeles by the name of Otis Kone.

Otis Warren to Catharine Macaulay, August 24, 1775, available at Gilder Lehrman Online Exhibits, www.

He secured original stories from Otis Adelbert Kline, who had achieved a substantial following for his imitations of Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Several hundred feet beneath Cacher, Oklahoma, Otis Simpson was sitting in a swivel chair in the Communications Center, staring at a wall of dead screens.

Otis, Samuel Adams, Royall lyler, Oxenbridge Thacher, and a host of other Bnstonians, linked to the artisans and laborers through a network of neighborhood taverns, fire companies, and the Caucus, espoused a vision of politics diat gave credence to laboring-class views and regarded as entirely legitimate the participation of artisans and even laborers in die political process.

Several hours after the conclusion of the State of the Union address, at 06:00:00 GMT, a digitized chord sounded from one of the workstations, waking Otis up.

Then it was a crash to the carpet and a topsy-turvy shot of Otis Jackson scooping junk bindles off the floor, stumbling to the bathroom, a toilet flushing.

Modern deep-water exploration begins with Charles William Beebe and Otis Barton in 1930.

Otis rode off to Bexley, a village about four miles away, which he was told was a well-known haunt of the gypsies, as there was a large common next to it.