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- any of various species of small songbirds belonging to either the family Sylviidae (sometimes considered a subfamily, Sylviinae, of the family Muscicapidae; q.v.) or the family Parulidae, with both belonging ... [2 Related Articles]
- Warburg family
- a family whose members were eminent in banking, philanthropy, and scholarship.
- Warburg, Edward
- (from the article "American Ballet") company founded in conjunction with the School of American Ballet in 1934 by Lincoln Kirstein and Edward Warburg, with George Balanchine as artistic director. Its initial performances were held in ...
- Warburg, Felix
- (from the article "Warburg family") ...adviser to the German delegation to the Paris peace conference in 1919; Paul Moritz Warburg (1868-1932), member of the U.S. bank of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. and of the Federal ...
- Warburg, James Paul
- (from the article "Warburg family") ...in Kuhn, Loeb and Co.; and Fritz Moritz Warburg (1879-1964). Felix M. was a supporter of adult education and Jewish theological schools and was active in other philanthropic organizations. James ...
- Warburg, Otto
- German biochemist awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1931 for his research on cellular respiration. [1 Related Articles]
- Warburton, William
- Anglican bishop of Gloucester, literary critic and controversialist.
- Warchavchick, Gregori
- (from the article "Latin American architecture") The first works of modern architecture in Brazil were a series of houses built in Sao Paolo by the Russian emigre Gregori Warchavchik. His house on Rua Santa Cruz (1927-28) ...
- Warchus, Matthew
- (from the article "Performing Arts") ...Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, a three-and-a-half hour, $25 million spectacular that disappointed audiences. Work had been done on the show since the tepidly received Toronto world premiere in 2006, but ...
- ward
- (from the article "lock") ...security. The Romans introduced metal for locks, usually iron for the lock itself and often bronze for the key (with the result that keys are found more often today than ...
- Ward Hunt Ice Shelf
- (from the article "iceberg") ...tabular iceberg of Antarctic waters is the ice island. Ice islands can be up to 30 km (19 miles) long but are only some 60 metres (200 feet) thick. The ...
- Ward's Natural Science Establishment
- (from the article "taxidermy") ...of such commercial houses as Maison Verreaux in Paris, founded by a naturalist and explorer, which furnished great numbers of exhibits to museums. The influence of Verreaux was superseded by ...
- Ward, Arch
- (from the article "All-Star Game") in American professional baseball, a game between teams of outstanding players chosen from National and American league teams who oppose each other as league against league. Arch Ward, a Chicago ...
- Ward, Artemus
- one of the most popular 19th-century American humorists, whose lecture techniques exercised much influence on such humorists as Mark Twain. [1 Related Articles]
- Ward, Bill
- (from the article "Black Sabbath") ...Tony Iommi (b. Feb. 19, 1948Birmingham), and Bill Ward (b. May 5, 1948 Birmingham).
- Ward, Billy, and the Dominoes
- (from the article "McPhatter, Clyde") ...Lebanon Singers, who quickly found success on the gospel circuit. In 1950 a talent contest brought him to the attention of vocal coach Billy Ward, whose group he joined. With ...
- Ward, Cam
- (from the article "Ice Hockey") ...gave the Hurricanes the series four games to three. The final game was an intense matchup dominated by the Carolina defense and had the hometown crowd of 18,978 on its ...
- Ward, David S.
- (from the article "1973: Other Winners") Original Screenplay: David S. Ward for The StingAdapted Screenplay: William Peter Blatty for The ExorcistCinematography: Sven Nykvist for Cries and WhispersArt Direction: Henry Bumstead for The StingOriginal Dramatic...
- Ward, Duren J. H.
- (from the article "religions, classification of") Other scholars have developed the ethnographic classification of religion to a much higher degree than did Muller. The German scholar Duren J.H. Ward, for example, in The Classification of Religions ...
- Ward, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
- popular 19th-century American author and feminist. [1 Related Articles]
- Ward, Ferdinand
- (from the article "Grant, Ulysses S.") ...firm of Grant and Ward, in which his son Ulysses, Jr., was a partner. Grant put his capital at the disposal of the firm and encouraged others to follow. In ...
- Ward, Frederick Townsend
- adventurer who commanded the "Ever Victorious Army," a body of Western-trained troops that aided the Qing dynasty (1644-1911/12) in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion, the giant religious and political uprising that ... [1 Related Articles]
- Ward, Hines
- (from the article "Football") ...as a "wild card" before winning the Super Bowl in the hometown of Jerome Bettis, who then retired after 13 seasons as the NFL's fifth best all-time rusher. Most Valuable ...
- Ward, Hortense Sparks Malsch
- American lawyer and reformer who campaigned energetically and successfully in Texas for women's rights, particularly in the areas of property, labour, and voting laws.
- Ward, James
- philosopher and psychologist who exerted a major influence on the development of psychology in Great Britain. [1 Related Articles]
- Ward, Jay
- (from the article "animation") ...foulmouthed kids growing up in the American Midwest and rendered in a flat, cutout animation style that would have looked primitive in 1906. The spiritual father of the new television ...
- Ward, John
- composer of instrumental and choral music known for his madrigals. He published his First Set of English Madrigals in 1613; it was republished in volume 19 (1922) of The English ...
- Ward, John Clive
- (from the article "subatomic particle") ...particles and then identify for the known forces the messenger particles required by fields with the chosen symmetry. Early in the 1960s Sheldon Glashow in the United States and Abdus ...
- Ward, John Montgomery
- (from the article "baseball") ...players had begun to organize as early as 1885, when a group of New York Giants formed the National Brotherhood of Base Ball Players, a benevolent and protective association. Under ...
- Ward, Lester Frank
- American sociologist who was instrumental in establishing sociology as an academic discipline in the United States. An optimist who believed that the social sciences had already given mankind the information ... [1 Related Articles]
- Ward, Montgomery
- U.S. merchant who introduced the mail-order method of selling general merchandise and who founded the great mail-order house of Montgomery Ward & Company, Inc.
- Ward, Mrs. Humphry
- English novelist whose best-known work, Robert Elsmere, created a sensation in its day by advocating a Christianity based on social concern rather than theology.
- Ward, Nancy
- Native American leader who was an important intermediary in relations between early American settlers and her own Cherokee people.
- Ward, Nathaniel
- Puritan minister and writer. [1 Related Articles]
- Ward, Rodger
- American race car driver (b. Jan. 10, 1921, Beloit, Kan.-d. July 5, 2004, Anaheim, Calif.), won the Indianapolis 500 twice and was a racing star in the late 1950s and ...
- Ward, Samuel Ringgold
- black American abolitionist known for his oratorical power.
- Ward, Sir Joseph
- New Zealand statesman, prime minister (1906-12, 1928-30), and a key member of the Liberal Party ministries from 1891 to 1906, noted for his financial, social welfare, and postal measures. [1 Related Articles]
- Ward, Sir Leslie
- English caricaturist noted for his portraits of the prominent people of his day in the pages of Vanity Fair. [1 Related Articles]
- Ward, Stephen
- (from the article "Profumo affair") ...Lord Astor on July 8, 1961, British Secretary of State for War John Profumo, then a rising 46-year-old Conservative Party politician, was introduced to 19-year-old London dancer Christine Keeler by ...
- Ward, Theodore
- (from the article "African American literature") ...Abram Hill, founder of the American Negro Theater in Harlem; Hughes, whose play Mulatto (produced 1935) reached Broadway with a searching examination of miscegenation; and Ward, whose ...
- Ward, William
- (from the article "Christianity") In the early 19th century in India, William Carey, Joshua Marshman, and William Ward-the Serampore trio-worked just north of Calcutta (now Kolkata). Their fundamental approach included translating the Scriptures, establishing ...
- Ward, William George
- English author and theologian, one of the leaders of the Oxford movement, which sought to revive in Anglicanism the High Church ideals of the later 17th-century church. He eventually became ...
- warded lock
- (from the article "lock") ...depended on the use of wards for security, and enormous ingenuity was employed in designing them and in cutting the keys so as to make the lock secure against any ...
- Warden, Jack
- American actor (b. Sept. 18, 1920, Newark, N.J.-d. July 19, 2006, New York, N.Y.), specialized in character roles on the large and small screen, and his gruff exterior was ideally ...
- Wardha
- town, eastern Maharashtra state, western India, near the Wardha River, southwest of Nagpur. Situated on major routes between Nagpur and Bombay, it is closely linked with the history of Nagpur. ...
- Wardlaw, Lady
- (from the article "ballad") ...in the 18th century and Thomas Hood, W.M. Thackeray, and Lewis Carroll in the 19th century made effective use of the jingling metres, forced rhymes, and unbuttoned style for humorous ...
- Wardrobe
- in medieval English history, a department of the king's household that became an office of state, enjoying in the 13th and early 14th centuries a period of political importance unparalleled ...
- wardrobe
- in furniture, a large cupboard, usually equipped with drawers, a mirror, and other devices, used for storing clothes. [1 Related Articles]
- Wards, Court of
- (from the article "Augmentations, Court of") ...certain moneys that had previously been sent to Rome. First fruits were the first year's profits owed by the new holder of a benefice; tenths were 10 percent of the ...
- wardship and marriage
- in feudal law, rights belonging to the lord of a fief with respect to the personal lives of his vassals. The right of wardship allowed the lord to take control ... [1 Related Articles]
- wardum
- (from the article "Mesopotamia, history of") ...the case concerns an awilum, a muskenum, or a wardum. A threefold division of the populace had been postulated on the basis of these distinctions. The wardum is the least ...
- Ware
- town (parish), East Hertfordshire district, administrative and historic county of Hertfordshire, England. The parish is situated on the northern periphery of the metropolitan area of Greater London. In ancient times ...
- Ware Collection of Glass Models of Plants
- (from the article "Blaschka glass") ...history specimens, made by Leopold Blaschka (died 1895) and his son Rudolph (died 1939). The Blaschkas were Bohemian, or Czech, by birth but worked in Germany. Their most famous production ...
- Ware v. Hylton
- (from the article "Chase, Samuel") ...of the Declaration of Independence, Chase served as chief judge of the Maryland General Court from 1791 to 1796, when President George Washington appointed him to the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
- Ware, Chris
- (from the article "comic strip") Chris Ware's ironically titled Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (2000), a long, drawn-out, formally innovative, eerily desperate autobiographical mosaic, is designed in a haunting rhythm of differently sized ...
- Ware, Lancelot Lionel
- British barrister (b. June 5, 1915, Mitcham, Surrey, Eng.-d. Aug. 15, 2000, Surrey), was cofounder (1946), with Australian barrister Roland Berrill, of Mensa, an international society for intellectually gifted people, ...
- Ware, William Robert
- (from the article "Western architecture") ...own. Wight and Potter-and, later, Potter's brother William Appleton-were responsible for a number of collegiate and public buildings in this harsh, polychrome Gothic style, but it was William Robert Ware ...
- warehouse
- (from the article "marketing") Because products are not usually sold or shipped as soon as they are produced or delivered, firms require storage facilities. Two types of warehouses meet this need: storage warehouses hold ...
- warehouse club
- (from the article "marketing") ...Independent off-price retailers carry a rapidly changing collection of higher-quality merchandise and are typically owned and operated by entrepreneurs or divisions of larger retail companies. Warehouse (or wholesale) clubs operate ...
- warehouse receipt
- (from the article "commercial transaction") The warehouse receipt is a document that shares the essential traits of a bill of lading, except that the duty to transport the goods is replaced by an obligation to ...
- Warehouse, The
- (from the article "The Warehouse") While go-go was the rage in Washington, D.C., and hip-hop was ascendant in New York City, gay Chicago was laying the foundation for the most lastingly influential of early 1980s ...
- warehouseman
- (from the article "carriage of goods") Generally, a carrier who is in possession of the goods before the beginning or after the end of the carriage is a warehouseman, and he is liable accordingly. In common-law ...
- Warens, Louise-Eleanore de la Tour du Pil, baronne de
- (baroness of) benevolent aristocrat who engaged the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau in an idyllic liaison from 1728 to 1742, furthering his education and social position as his lover and maternal protectress. [1 Related Articles]
- Wareru
- also called Mogado, or Chao Fa Rua famous king of Hanthawaddy (Hansavadi, or Pegu), who ruled (1287-96) over the Mon people of Lower Burma.
- Warfajuma
- (from the article "North Africa") ...rebellion that led to their downfall-seized power in Ifriqiyyah. The Fihrid dynasty controlled all of Tunisia except for the south, which was dominated at the time by the Warfajuma Berber ...
- warfarin
- (from the article "Agricultural chemicals") Reye syndrome commonly occurs during recovery from a viral illness, but it can also occur following aflatoxin or warfarin poisoning. It has also been associated with the use of aspirin ...
- Warfield, David
- one of the few American pre-motion-picture actors who became a millionaire. He made his fortune and enjoyed a stellar career as a result of playing four major roles over a ...
- Warfield, William Caesar
- American concert and opera singer (b. Jan. 22, 1920, West Helena, Ark.-d. Aug. 25, 2002, Chicago, Ill.), had a powerful warm and elegant bass-baritone voice that he employed to dramatic ...
- Wargla
- city, east-central Algeria. It is situated on the western edge of a sabkha (large, enclosed basin) in the Sahara. One of the oldest settlements in the Sahara ...
- Wargnier, Regis
- (from the article "1992: Best Foreign-Language Film") Other Nominees
- Warhaftig, Zerach
- Israeli rabbi, lawyer, and politician (b. Feb. 2, 1906, Volkovysk, Russian Empire (now in Belarus)-d. Sept. 26, 2002, Jerusalem, Israel), was one of the 37 signatories to the Israeli Declaration ...
- Warham, William
- last of the pre-Reformation archbishops of Canterbury, a quiet, retiring intellectual who nonetheless closed his career with a resolute stand against the anticlerical policies of King Henry VIII of England. ...
- warhead
- (from the article "rocket and missile system") Given the extremely long ranges required of strategic weapons, even the most modern guidance systems cannot deliver a missile's warhead to the target with consistent, pinpoint accuracy. For this reason, ...
- Warhol Family Museum of Modern Art
- (from the article "Slovakia") ...in Svidnik. Other noteworthy museums include the Slovak Museum of Mining in Banska Stiavnica and the Slovak Agricultural Museum in Nitra. A unique museum of visual arts, the Warhol Family ...
- Warhol, Andy
- American artist and filmmaker, an initiator and leading exponent of the Pop art movement of the 1960s whose mass-produced art apotheosized the supposed banality of the commercial culture of the ... [8 Related Articles]
- warhorse
- (from the article "Europe, history of") ...which were incorporated into a wide spectrum of economic enterprises. The chief new sources of power were the horse, the water mill, and the windmill. Europeans began to breed both ...
- warigai-ho
- (from the article "raden") ...shell and then burnished. In both techniques, hairline engravings are often executed on the surface of the shell, and, in some cases, the back of the shell is coloured or ...
- Warin, Jean
- (from the article "coin") Early in the 17th century the use of machinery for coining was the subject of experiments by Nicolas Briot; both he and Jean Warin were famous for their technique and ...
- Wariner, Jeremy
- (from the article "Track and Field Sports (Athletics)") American Jeremy Wariner defended his 400-m title in 43.45 sec, while his U.S. teammate Bernard Lagat became the first athlete to win both the 1,500 m and 5,000 m at ...
- Waring's problem
- (from the article "Waring, Edward") Several theorems are stated without proof, including Waring's problem (or Waring's theorem), that every positive integer is the sum of not more than nine cubes or the sum of not ...
- Waring, Edward
- English mathematician whose primary research interests were in algebra and number theory. [1 Related Articles]
- Waring, Laura Wheeler
- American painter and educator who often depicted African American subjects.
- Warkworth
- village (parish) in Alnwick district, administrative and historic county of Northumberland, England. It lies along the River Coquet, 1.5 miles (2.5 km) from that stream's North Sea mouth. The town ...
- Warlock, Peter
- English composer, critic, and editor known for his songs and for his exemplary editions of Elizabethan music. He used his real name chiefly for his literary and editorial work, reserving ...
- warlord
- (from the article "sacred kingship") Belief in the supernatural power of the ruler caused him to be viewed as the protector of his tribe or his people from enemies. On the one hand, he was ...
- warlord
- independent military commander in China in the early and mid-20th century. Warlords ruled various parts of the country following the death of Yuan Shikai (1859-1916), who had served as the ... [1 Related Articles]
- warm anticyclone
- (from the article "climate") ...is warmed. Thus, after a few days, the air composing the anticyclone at levels 2 to 5 km (1 to 3 miles) above the ground tends to increase in temperature, ...
- warm cloud
- (from the article "atmosphere") ...the formation of liquid cloud droplets or ice crystals depends on which phase of water occurs. A cloud in which only liquid water occurs (even at temperatures less than 0 ...
- warm front
- (from the article "extratropical cyclone") Typical weather sequences are associated with extratropical cyclones. Stations ahead of the approaching front side of the wave, called the warm front, normally experience increasingly thickening and lowering clouds, followed ...
- warm greenhouse
- (from the article "greenhouse") ...are azaleas, cinerarias, cyclamens, carnations, fuchsias, geraniums, sweet peas, snapdragons, and a variety of bulbous plants including daffodils, irises, tulips, hyacinths, and narcissi. A warm greenhouse has nighttime temperatures of ...
- Warm Springs
- health resort, Meriwether county, western Georgia, U.S. It lies about 20 miles (30 km) southeast of LaGrange, near Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. The springs discharge about 800 gallons (3,000 ...
- warm-bloodedness
- in animals, the ability to maintain a relatively constant internal temperature (about 37° C [99° F] for mammals, about 40° C [104° F] for birds), regardless of the environmental temperature. ... [4 Related Articles]
- warm-core low
- (from the article "climate") ...with the upper-level cyclones and warm air is colocated with the upper-level anticyclones, according to (3), both circulation patterns increase in intensity with height and are called cold-core and warm-core ...
- warm-up
- (from the article "exercise") Another important practice to follow in an exercise program is to gradually start the exercise session and gradually taper off at the end. The warm-up allows various body systems to ...
- Warmerdam, Cornelius
- American pole-vaulter, the first to attain 15 feet (4.57 metres) and the last to set major records with a bamboo pole. [2 Related Articles]
- Warming, Johannes Eugenius Bulow
- Danish botanist whose work on the relations between living plants and their surroundings made him a founder of plant ecology.
- Warminsko-Mazurskie
- wojewodztwo (province), northern Poland. It is bordered by Russia to the north, by the provinces of Podlaskie to the east, Mazowieckie to the south, Kujawsko-Pomorskie to the ...
- warmth
- (from the article "acoustics") "Warmth" and "brilliance" refer to the reverberation time at low frequencies relative to that at higher frequencies. Above about 500 hertz, the reverberation time should be the same for all ...
- Warne, Shane Keith
- If any sportsman could be said to have made his name in an instant, it was cricketer Shane Warne, the Australian leg-spinner whose love of taking wickets was equaled only ... [3 Related Articles]
- Warner Brothers
- American motion-picture studio that introduced the first genuine talking picture (1927). The company was founded by four brothers, Harry, Albert, Samuel, and Jack Warner, who were the sons of Benjamin ... [15 Related Articles]
- Warner Music
- (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...to legitimate online music seller as a result of an out-of-court settlement between its owner, Sharman Networks, and record labels EMI Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music, and Warner ...
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