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A MULTIPLE-VENTILATING WINDOW ASSEMBLY INCLUDING: A UNITARY STATIONARY UNIT HAVING A FRAME-LIKE CONFIGURATION, AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF ELONGATED CHANNEL-LIKE SIDE SECTIONS AND A PLURALITY OF CROSS-BARS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE SECTIONS AT SPACED POSITIONS IN SAID STATIONARY UNIT; A PLURALITY OF FIXED PANEL MOUNTED IN UNIPLANAR RELATIONSHIP IN SAID STATIONARY UNIT BETWEEN, SAID CROSSBARS AND DEFINING OPENING THEREBETWEEN, SAID CROSS-BARS INDIVIDUALLY DEFINING A TRANSVERSE CHANNEL AT THE LOWER EDGE OF EACH OF SAID OPENINGS; A STRIP OF RESILIENT WEATHER STRIPPING POSITIONED IN EACH OF SAID CHANNELS; A UNITARY SLIDE UNIT HAVING A FRAME-LIKE CONFIGURATION, AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF ELONGATED SIDE SECTIONS SLIDABLY SUPPORTED IN SAID CHANNEL-LIKE SIDE SECTIONS OF SAID STATIONARY UNIT AND A PLURALITY OF TRANSVERSE BARS EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE SECTIONS OF SAID SLIDE UNIT AT SPACED POSITIONS THEREALONG; A PLURALITY OF FURTHER PANELS MOUNTED IN UNIPLANAR RELATIONSHIP IN SAID SLIDE UNIT BETWEEN SAID TRANSVERSE BARS TO DEFINE OPENINGS THEREBETWEEN, SAID FURTHER PANELS IN SAID SLIDE UNIT BEING LOCATED TO COVER THE OPENINGS BETWEEN SAID PANELS IN SAID STATIONARY UNIT WHEN SAID SLIDE UNIT IS IN A FIRST POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID STATIONARY UNIT AND TO EXTEND OVER SAID PANELS IN SAID STATIONARY UNIT WHEN SAID SLIDE UNIT IS IN A SECOND POSITION WITH RESPECT TO SAID STATIONARY UNIT; AND AT LEAST ONE OF SAID TRANSVERSE BARS OF SAID SLIDE UNIT HAVING AN INTEGRAL SECTION EXTENDING LATERALLY INWARDLY FROM THE PLANE OF SAID SLIDE UNIT TO FORM A MEANS FOR MANUALLY MOVING SAID SLIDE UNIT BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND POSITIONS WITH RESPECT TO SAID STATIONARY UNIT, AND SAID TRANSVERSE BARS HAVING CORRESPONDING INTEGRAL SECTIONS EXTENDING ALONF THE LENGTH THEREOF AND EXTENDING LATERALLY OUTWARDLY FROM THE PLANE OF SAID SLIDE UNIT THROUGH RESPECTIVE ONES OF SAID FIRST MENTIONED OPENINGS SELECTIVELY TO ENGAGE THE AFORESAID STRIPS OF WEATHER STRIPPING SO AS TO PREVENT MOISTURE FROM ENTERING THE ASSEMBLY.