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Wasatch Front: (from the article "Utah") The Wasatch Front, extending north-south from Ogden to Provo and including Salt Lake City, is the main area of urban and industrial development. Salt Lake City is the political, cultural, and religious capital of Utah. Historically a trade centre, it ...
Wasatch National Forest: in the Stansbury, Sheeprock, Wasatch, and Uinta mountains of Utah and Wyoming, U.S. Established in 1906, it has an area of 1,072,443 acres (434,002 hectares) in four divisions. The forest contains a portion of the High Uintas Primitive Area, which ...
Wasatch Range: segment of the south-central Rocky Mountains, extending southward for about 250 miles (400 km), from the bend of the Bear River in southeastern Idaho, U.S., to beyond Mount Nebo, near Nephi in north-central Utah. It lies east of Great Salt ... [3 Related Articles]
Wascana Centre: (from the article "Regina") The focus of Regina is Wascana Centre, a parklike development around Wascana Lake (an artificial widening of Wascana Creek) that includes some of the most important civic buildings, including the domed Legislative Building, the Museum of Natural History, the Norman ...
Wase: town, Plateau state, east-central Nigeria, near the Wase River and at the intersection of roads from Bashar, Langtang, and Shendam. It was founded about 1820 by Hassan, a Fulani official from Bauchi, 85 miles (137 km) north, in an area ...
Waseda Theatre Company: (from the article "directing") ...Kabuki theatre. Where research into the art of acting has been a major interest of directors, there have been surprising convergences from very different traditions, so that when Suzuki Tadashi's Waseda company from Tokyo arrived in Europe in 1972, it ...
Waseda University: coeducational institution of higher learning founded in 1882 in Tokyo. The school is private but receives some government financing and is subject to some degree of government control. Originally known as Tokyo Senmon Gakko (College), the institution was renamed Waseda ... [1 Related Articles]
Waser, Johann Heinrich: burgomaster (mayor) of Zurich and one of the most prominent Swiss political figures of the mid-17th century.
wasf: (from the article "Arabic literature") ...at an early stage another category that was quite different in focus and yet reflected a very vigorous aspect of the Arabic poetic tradition from the outset: description (wasf). Analysts of the earliest poetry chose to devote ...
wash drawing: artwork in which a fine layer of colour-usually diluted ink, bistre, or watercolour-is spread with a brush over a broad surface evenly enough so that no brush marks are visible in the finished product. Usually the technique is used in ... [2 Related Articles]
Wash, The: shallow bay of the North Sea, 15 mi (24 km) long and 12 mi wide, between the counties of Lincolnshire and Norfolk, England. It once extended as far inland as Peterborough and Cambridge but was largely filled in by silt, ... [2 Related Articles]
Washakie: Shoshone chief who performed extraordinary acts of friendship for white settlers while exhibiting tremendous prowess as a warrior against his people's tribal enemies.
Washbrook, Cyril: English cricketer who was a formidable opening batsman for Lancashire (1933-64, captain 1954-59) and England (1936-56) and who, despite having lost some of his best years to military service during World War II, amassed 34,101 first-class runs (average 42.67) and ...
Washburn, (Henry) Bradford, Jr.: American mountaineer, photographer, cartographer, and museum director mapped the Grand Canyon during the 1970s and made Boston's Museum of Science a leading institution of its type. A pioneer of aerial photography, Washburn produced transcendent photographs of mountains, and he ...
Washburn, Margaret Floy: American psychologist whose work at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie made it a leading institution in undergraduate psychological research and education.
Washburne, Carleton W.: American educator noted for his innovations in school programs known as the Winnetka Plan. [1 Related Articles]
Washburne, Elihu B.: (from the article "Grant, Ulysses S.") ...him colonel of an unruly regiment (later named the 21st Illinois Volunteers) in June 1861. Before he had even engaged the enemy, Grant was appointed brigadier general through the influence of Elihu B. Washburne, a U.S. congressman from Galena. On ...
washed-curd cheese: (from the article "dairy product") American cheddar is processed most frequently. However, other cheeses such as washed-curd, Colby, Swiss, Gruyere, and Limburger are similarly processed. In a slight variation, cold pack or club cheese is made by grinding and mixing together one or more...
washer: machine component that is used in conjunction with a screw fastener such as a bolt and nut and that usually serves either to keep the screw from loosening or to distribute the load from the nut or bolt head over ... [1 Related Articles]
washing: (from the article "fruit processing") The processing of fruit juice involves washing, extraction, clarification, and preservation.
washing machine: (from the article "Newton") ...and was named for John Newton, a soldier of the American Revolution. The railroad arrived in the 1860s and the community developed as a lumber-milling and agricultural trading centre. In 1898 the washing machine industry began there with the manufacture ...
washing soda: (from the article "washing soda") sodium carbonate decahydrate, efflorescent crystals used for washing, especially textiles. It is a compound of sodium (q.v.).sodiumsodiumPrincipal compounds...occurring as constituent
Washington: town in Sunderland metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, historic county of Durham, England. It lies along the north side of the River Wear below Chester-le-Street. The site was an area of early coal mining and industrial activity ...
Washington: county, northern Maryland, U.S., bounded by Pennsylvania to the north and the Potomac River (which constitutes the border with Virginia and West Virginia) to the south and southwest. The county lies in the Cumberland Valley between the Allegheny (west) and ...
Washington: county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S., bordered by West Virginia to the west, Enlow Fork and Tenmile Creek to the south, and the Monongahela River to the east. It consists of a hilly region on the Allegheny Plateau.
Washington: city, seat (1805) of Wilkes county, northeastern Georgia, U.S., roughly halfway between Athens and Augusta. First settled by the Stephen Heard family from Virginia in 1773, it was laid out in 1780 and was one of the first U.S. communities ...
Washington: city, seat (1781) of Washington county, southwestern Pennsylvania, U.S. It lies 28 miles (45 km) southwest of Pittsburgh.
Washington: city, seat of Beaufort county, eastern North Carolina, U.S., along the Pamlico-Tar estuary just east of Greenville. Founded by Colonel James Bonner in 1771 and originally known as Forks of Tar River, it was one of the first places in ...
Washington: county, central Vermont, U.S. It comprises a piedmont region in the east that rises up into the Green Mountains in the west. The Winooski River rises near the village of Cabot. Its tributaries are the Little, Mad, and Dog rivers ...
Washington: county, southwestern Rhode Island, U.S. It is bordered by Connecticut to the west, Narragansett Bay to the east, and Block Island Sound to the south and includes Block Island south of the mainland. The Pawcatuck River flows through the western ...
Washington: county, eastern New York state, U.S. It is bordered by Lake George to the northwest, Vermont to the northeast and east (Lake Champlain and the Poultney River constituting the northeastern boundary), and the Hudson River to the west. The lowlands ...
Washington: county, eastern Maine, U.S., bordered to the east by New Brunswick, Can. (the Chiputneticook Lakes, the St. Croix River, and Passamaquoddy Bay constituting the boundary), and to the south by the Atlantic Ocean. It consists of a hill-and-valley region and ...
Washington: constituent state of the United States of America. Lying at the northwest corner of the 48 coterminous states, it is bounded by the Canadian province of British Columbia on the north, Idaho on the east, Oregon on the south, and ... [14 Related Articles]
Washington: city and capital of the United States of America. The city is coextensive with the District of Columbia and is located at the head of navigation of the Potomac River, which separates it from Virginia to the southwest. In 1790 ... [68 Related Articles]
Washington and Jefferson College: (from the article "Washington") ...and named for George Washington. It was the site of unrest during the Whiskey Rebellion (1794), a farmers' uprising against a tax on liquor. The city of Washington, the county seat, is the home of Washington and Jefferson College (founded ...
Washington and Lee University: private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Lexington, Virginia, U.S. The university, one of the oldest in the United States, comprises the College, the School of Law, and the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics. It offers undergraduate programs ... [2 Related Articles]
Washington Aqueduct: (from the article "Meigs, Montgomery C") ...government projects, including the construction of the wings and dome of the Capitol and the expansion of the General Post Office building. His most substantial contribution, however, was the Washington Aqueduct, which extended 12 miles (19 kilometres) from the Great ...
Washington College: (from the article "Kent") ...River to the north, Delaware to the east, the Chester River to the south, and Chesapeake Bay to the west. The county, named for Kent, Eng., dates to 1642. Chestertown, the county seat, contains Washington College (founded 1782), one of ...
Washington College of Law: (from the article "Mussey, Ellen Spencer") ...who wished to read law with her. After two years of these classes, and after the denial of admission to Columbian College of her students on grounds of sex, she helped establish and incorporate the Washington College of Law in ...
Washington Conference: (from the article "Zelaya, Jose Santos") ...overthrowing its government, and then tried to start a revolution in El Salvador. His efforts brought the area to the verge of war, prompting both Mexico and the United States to intervene. The Washington Conference of 1907 ensued, at which ...
Washington Conference: (from the article "broadcasting") ...as the United Kingdom, had to persuade their post offices to agree to the use of wavelengths outside the broadcasting range; but the principle of international agreement had been established. The Washington Conference of 1927 widened the area of cooperation ...
Washington Conference: (1921-22), international conference called by the United States to limit the naval arms race and to work out security agreements in the Pacific area. Held in Washington, D.C., the conference resulted in the drafting and signing of several major and ... [10 Related Articles]
Washington Conference on Theoretical Physics: (from the article "Bethe, Hans") Bethe came to the United States at a time when the American physics community was undergoing enormous growth. The Washington Conferences on Theoretical Physics were paradigmatic of the meetings organized to assimilate the insights quantum mechanics was giving to many ...
Washington consensus: (from the article "A Leftist Surge in Latin America") The leftist surge was rooted in reaction to the so-called Washington consensus, a set of economic policies adopted in most Latin American countries during the 1990s at the behest of the U.S. government, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and foreign ...
Washington Crossing State Park: two parks on the Pennsylvania and New Jersey shores of the Delaware River 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Trenton. The parks mark the site where, in a blinding snowstorm on the night of Dec. 25, 1776, General George Washington ...
Washington hawthorn: (from the article "hawthorn") ...most strikingly thorned American species is the cockspur hawthorn (C. crus-galli), with extremely long, slender spines up to 8 cm (3 inches) long; a thornless variety is also available. The Washington hawthorn (C. phaenopyrum, or C. cordata) is famous for ...
Washington Monument: (from the article "Baltimore") ...was the nation's first Roman Catholic cathedral; St. Mary's Seminary and University was founded in 1791. The Shot Tower (1828) is a 234-foot (71-metre) shaft once used to manufacture round shot. The Washington Monument (1829), a 178-foot (54-metre) Doric column, ...
Washington Monument: obelisk in Washington, D.C., honouring George Washington, the first president of the United States. Constructed of granite faced with Maryland marble, the structure is 55 feet (16.8 metres) square at the base, 555 feet 5 inches (169.3 metres) high, and ... [2 Related Articles]
Washington National Cathedral: in Washington, D.C., Episcopal cathedral chartered by the U.S. Congress in 1893 and established on Mount St. Alban (the highest point in the city) in 1907. Its cornerstone was laid by President Theodore Roosevelt. Although construction slowed during periods of ...
Washington Nationals: (from the article "Baseball") ...in 2004) was established; a sixth different champion in as many seasons was crowned; and the sport returned to Washington, D.C., when the Montreal Expos (formed in 1969) relocated and became the Washington Nationals. The former Washington Senators franchise left ...
Washington Peace Conference: (from the article "Tyler, John") ...and remained a strong champion of Southern interests. However, on the eve of the Civil War he stood firmly against secession and worked to preserve the Union. Early in 1861 he presided over the Washington Peace Conference, an abortive effort ...