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Wisconsin Department of Administration The Wisconsin Department of Administration provides the governor with information for preparing the state's budget and analyzing solutions to other fiscal problems. The Department has an office in Washington D.
Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs The Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs is the military arm of the State of Wisconsin. It oversees the Wisconsin National Guard, the Wisconsin Air National Guard, the Wisconsin Division of Emergency Affairs, and, when organised, the Wisconsin State Defense Force.
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) is an agency of the state of Wisconsin. Its purpose is to preserve, protect, manage and maintain the natural resources of the state The WDNR has the authority to set policy for itself and to recommend regulations for approval by the State Legislature] and the [[governor of Wisconsin|GovernorWDNR was created by the State Legislature in 1967.
Wisconsin Energy Corporation Wisconsin Energy Corporation () is a company based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that provides electricity and natural gas throughout Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The company also has several non-regulated, non-utility branches.
Wisconsin Exposition Center The Wisconsin Exposition Center is an exhibit hall and exposition facility located on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair Park in the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, Wisconsin. It was built in 2002 to replace the old exhibit halls on park grounds with over 200,000 square feet that can be divided into three separate halls.
Wisconsin Forensics Coaches Association The Wisconsin Forensics Coaches Association (WFCA) is one of the two main governing bodies of Forensics events in the state of Wisconsin. The Wisconsin High School Forensics Association is a separate, smaller organization.
Wisconsin Future Problem Solving Program The Wisconsin Future Problem Solving Program, an affiliate Future Problem Solving program, was begun in 1981 by Bill Hartje and Marilyn Bendiksen. Currently, over 1,000 students statewide participate in some aspect of the program, which is run by Martha Barlow.
Wisconsin glaciation The Wisconsin (in North America), Devensian (in the British Isles), Midlandian (in Ireland), WĂĽrm (in the Alps), and Weichsel (in northern central Europe) glaciations are the most recent glaciations of the Pleistocene epoch, which ended around 10,000 BCE. The general glacial advance began about 70,000 BCE, and reached its maximum extent about 18,000 BCE.
Wisconsin Gas Building The Wisconsin Gas Building (originally Milwaukee Gas Light Building) is a classic stepped Art Deco building located in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was designed by architects Eschweiler & Eschweiler and completed in 1930 using differing materials on the exterior to graduate from dark to light.
Wisconsin Green Party The Wisconsin Green Party is an active member of the Green Party of the United States, recently getting antiwar initiatives on the ballot in 32 towns (passing in 24 of them). WIGP member Ben Manski is a former co-chair of the Green National Committee.
Wisconsin Highway 100 State Trunk Highway 100 (STH 100, commonly known as Highway 100 or WIS 100) is a road which encircles the outer edges of Milwaukee County. Officially, the road is designed as a bypass around the city of Milwaukee, but with residential and commercial development along Highway 100 on almost all portions of the road, this purpose has been negated, and it serves as one of the Milwaukee area's major commercial corridors.
Wisconsin Highway 119 State Trunk Highway 119 (often called Highway 119, STH 119 or WIS 119), better known as the Airport Spur, is a connector freeway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It connects I-94 to General Mitchell International Airport.
Wisconsin Highway 145 State Trunk Highway 145 (STH 145, commonly known as Highway 145 or WIS 145) is a road which connects the northwest suburbs of Milwaukee with the city's downtown. For much of its route, the highway is known as Fond du Lac Avenue.
Wisconsin Highway 16 State Trunk Highway 16 (often called Highway 16, STH 16 or WIS 16) is a Wisconsin state highway running from Pewaukee across the state to La Crosse. Much of its route in the state parallels the former mainline of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St.
Wisconsin Highway 312 State Trunk Highway 312 (often called Highway 312, STH 312 or WIS 312) is a short Wisconsin state highway running along the north side of Eau Claire. It was first established by legislation in 2005 as a new route number for the stretch of Highway 124 running from Interstate 94 to U.
Wisconsin Highway 341 State Trunk Highway 341 (Also STH 341 or WIS 341), better known as Miller Park Way, is the current name of the oldest freeway in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It connects I-94 to WIS 59 (National Avenue), with a single set of off-ramps to Canal Street and the parking lots of Miller Park.
Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Wisconsin Historical Society Press, operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society, is Wisconsin's oldest book publisher and has more than 100 titles in print. The Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS) Press publishes books that connect people in Wisconsin and the Midwest to their past.
Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame The Wisconsin Hockey Hall of Fame which is located in Eagal River, Wisconsin, was founded in 1975 and is housed in the Eagle River Sports Arena. The hall was established to honor outstanding individuals responsible for the development, growth and success of amateur ice hockey in the State of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Chair Company The Wisconsin Chair Company was a large factory that for over half a century was the main backbone of Port Washington, Wisconsin. It was destroyed twice: the first time by a huge, devastating fire in 1899 and the second time by demolition in 1959.
Wisconsin Idea The Wisconsin Idea is a philosophy embraced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which holds that the boundaries of the university should be the boundaries of the state, and that research conducted at the University of Wisconsin should be applied to solve problems and improve health, quality of life, the environment and agriculture for all citizens of the state.
Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference The Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) is an College Athletic Conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. As the name implies, member teams are located in the state of Wisconsin, although there are three associate members from Minnesota.
Wisconsin Law Review The Wisconsin Law Review is the principal journal of legal commentary and analysis published by students at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The Wisconsin Law Review was established in 1920 by students and faculty of the law school, and the first issue was published in October 1920.
Wisconsin Leadership Institute The Wisconsin Leadership Institute (WLI) was initiated by a recommendation of Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson’s Commission on the Study of Administrative Value and Efficiency (the SAVE Commission). The WLI was incorporated in 1995 with headquarters in the Leadership Studies Program at Ripon College.
Wisconsin Lutheran College Wisconsin Lutheran College is a liberal arts college that is affiliated with the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, with an enrollment of approximately 700 undergraduate students. Its nine-building campus sits on the border of Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, with some buildings in each city.
Wisconsin Maritime Museum The Wisconsin Maritime Museum is a maritime museum founded in 1968 as the Manitowoc Maritime Museum to ensure that the maritime heritage of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA, and the Great Lakes would not be forgotten. Since it opened its doors to the public in 1969 the Museum has become home to one of the nation's most extensive collections of Great Lakes maritime history, original artifacts and nautical archaeology.
Wisconsin Mustangs The Wisconsin Mustangs are a Junior "B" ice hockey team based out of Spooner, Wisconsin. The Mustangs play out of the Minnesota Junior Hockey League, but did play interleague with the Tier II Junior "A" Superior International Junior Hockey League in 2002-03.
Wisconsin Northern Railroad The Wisconsin Northern Railroad , a subsidiary of Progressive Rail, is a relatively new railroad in Wisconsin. On November 3 2004, Progressive Rail leased a section of former Wisconsin Central Railway track to be operated by Wisconsin Northern.
Wisconsin Physicians Service Wisconsin Physicians Service Insurance Corporation (WPS) is a non-profit service insurance corporation based in Madison, Wisconsin. WPS offers commercial health insurance products in the state of Wisconsin and provides insurance claims processing services under various U.
Wisconsin Public Television Wisconsin Public Television is a network of non-commercial and non-profit PBS stations that are mostly run by the Wisconsin Educational Communications Board, a state agency, and the University of Wisconsin-Extension. WECB also manages the state's public radio network, Wisconsin Public Radio.
Wisconsin Range The Wisconsin Range ( ) is a major mountain range of the Horlick Mountains in Antarctica, comprising the Wisconsin Plateau and numerous glaciers, ridges and peaks bounded by the Reedy Glacier, Shimizu Ice Stream, Horlick Ice Stream and the interior ice plateau. Mapped by the USGS from surveys and US Navy air photos, 1959-64.
Wisconsin Rebels Wisconsin Rebels were an American soccer team, founded in 1998, originally as the Fox River Rebels. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2004, when the team left the league and the franchise was terminated.
Wisconsin Referendum 1 (2006) Wisconsin Referendum 1 of 2006 is a so-called "defense of marriage amendment" that amended the Wisconsin Constitution to make it unconstitutional for the state to recognize or perfom same-sex marriages or civil unions. The referendum was approved by 59% of voters supporting and 41% opposing.
Wisconsin school The Wisconsin school in economics was based at the University of Wisconsin, and played a prominent role in American economics in the first half of the 20th century. The Wisconsin school was central to institutionalism in the United States, and also played a prominent role in labor economics and in the development of the policy ideas associated with the New Deal.
Wisconsin State Defense Force The Wisconsin State Defense Force is the currently inactive state defense force of the State of Wisconsin authorized by Wisconsin's Defense Force Act. When the Wisconsin National Guard is called into service of the United States, the adjunct general (who is appointed by the govenor) may organise volunteers, which may not include active or reserve military personal.
Wisconsin State Fair The Wisconsin State Fair is an annual event held at the Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. The modern Fair takes place in August (occasionally beginning late July) and lasts for 11 days.
Wisconsin State Fair Park The Wisconsin State Fair Park in the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, Wisconsin has been the location of the Wisconsin State Fair since 1892. It also hosts other venues such as the Milwaukee Mile, the oldest continuously operating motor speedway in the world, and the Pettit National Ice Center, a U.
Wisconsin State University Conference The Wisconsin State University Conference (or WSUC) is a former intercollegiate college athletic conference that was formed in July 1913 as the Wisconsin State Normal Conference. As implied by the name, all member institutions were located in the State of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Supreme Court The Wisconsin Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Wisconsin. The Supreme Court has jurisdiction over original actions, appeals from lower courts, and regulation or administration of the practice of law in Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Technical College Conference The Wisconsin Technical College Conference (WTCC) is an athletic conference established in 1966 in Wisconsin comprised of the technical schools in the Wisconsin Technical College System that have varsity athletic programs. They are also members of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and the Wisconsin Junior College Athletic Association (WJCAA).
Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak of August 2005 The Wisconsin Tornado Outbreak was an outbreak of tornadoes that occurred primarily in southern Wisconsin on August 18, 2005; though tornadoes also occurred in Minnesota and Iowa related with this system. A total of 27 confirmed tornadoes were reported that day in Wisconsin, the most confirmed tornadoes that have ever occurred in the state in a single day.
Wisconsin v. Illinois Wisconsin v. Illinois, also referred to as the Chicago Sanitary District Case, is an opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States which held that the equitable power of the United States can be utilized to impose positive action on one state in a situation in which nonaction would result in damage to the interests of other states.
Wisconsin Valley Conference The Wisconsin Valley Conference is a high school athletic conference composed of the largest public schools in north central Wisconsin centered on the Wausau, Wisconsin metro area. The Wisconsin Valley is one of Wisconsin's oldest athletic conferences.
Wisconsin Veterans Museum The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, located on Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin, USA, is dedicated to the soldiers of the state of Wisconsin. The museum is composed of two award-winning galleries that chronicle the history of Wisconsin citizens who served in their nation's wars from the American Civil War to the Persian Gulf War.
Wisconsin Works Wisconsin's welfare program, Wisconsin Works, or W-2 is a "work first" program, focusing on placing individuals in unsubsidized employment or community service jobs, rather than education and training, to promote self-sufficiency and reduction of the welfare rolls.
Wisconsin's 1st congressional district Wisconsin's 1st congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southeastern Wisconsin, covering Kenosha County, Racine County and most of Walworth County, as well as portions of Rock County, Waukesha County and Milwaukee County The district's current Representative is [[Paul Ryan (politician)|Paul Ryan].
Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district Wisconsin's 2nd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in southern Wisconsin, covering Dane County, Green County and Columbia County, as well as portions of Jefferson County, Sauk County, Rock County and a small region of Walworth County The district's current Representative is [[Tammy Baldwin].
Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district Wisconsin's 3rd congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives covering much of southwestern Wisconsin; it is the second-largest congressional district in Wisconsin The district's current representative is [[Ron Kind].
Wisconsin's 4th congressional district Wisconsin's 4th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in Wisconsin, covering portions of Milwaukee County The district's current Representative is [[Gwen Moore].
Wisconsin's 5th congressional district Wisconsin's 5th congressional district is a congressional district of the United States House of Representatives in Wisconsin, covering Waukesha County, Washington County and Ozaukee County, as well as portions of Milwaukee County and Jefferson County The district's current Representative is [[Jim Sensenbrenner].
Wisconsin's 7th congressional district Wisconsin's 7th congressional district is a congressional district of the United State House of Representatives in northwestern and central Wisconsin; it is the largest congressional district in the state, covering 20 counties (in whole or part), for a total of 18,787 sq mi The district's current Representative is Dave Obey].
WisCon WisCon, the Wisconsin Science Fiction Convention, is generally acknowledged as the world's leading feminist-oriented science fiction convention and conference. It is held annually throughout the four day weekend of Memorial Day, in Madison, Wisconsin.
Wisden 100 The Wisden 100 is a set of lists created by Wisden which attempted to objectively rate the 100 best individual innings performances in Test and One-day International cricket in each of the disciplines of batting and bowling. The Test list was released in 2001 and the ODI list was released in 2002.
Wisden Australia's Cricketer of the Year Each year since it was established in 1998, Wisden Australia has selected one Australian cricketer as Wisden Australia's Cricketer of the Year. The award recognises the selected player's contribution to cricket in Australia in the previous season, in a similar manner to the Wisden Cricketers of the Year, selected by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack based on their influence on the game in England.
Wisden Cricketers of the Century The Wisden Cricketers of the Century are five cricketers who were judged to be the most prominent players of the 20th century, as selected by a 100-member panel of cricket experts appointed by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2000. In order of votes, the Wisden Cricketers of the Century are:
Wisden Cricketers of the Year Each year, five cricketers are named as Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily, although not exclusively, on their "influence on the previous English season". From 2000 to 2003, inclusive, the award was made based on all cricket around the world, but this ended in 2004 when the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World award was introduced.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as "the [of Cricket") is by far the best known reference book concerned with the sport of cricket], and is among the most famous sports reference books published in the [[United Kingdom.
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia Wisden Cricketers' Almanack Australia (also known as Wisden Australia) is a cricket annual and reference book, the Australian version of the famous Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. It is published at the beginning of the Australian season, around early December.
Wisdom Wisdom is the ability, developed through experience, insight and reflection, to discern truth and exercise good judgment. Wisdom is sometimes conceptualized as an especially well developed form of common sense.
Wisdom Christianity Wisdom Christianity is a movement within Christianity that embraces Vedanta and the teachings of the East. It places importance on experiencing the divine through mysticism, which the originators found somewhat lacking in the traditional way of teaching Christianity in the West.
Wisdom literature Wisdom literature is the a genre of literature common in the Ancient Near East. This genre is characterized by praise of God, often in poetic form, and by sayings of wisdom intended to teach about God and about virtue.
Wisdom Mumba Chansa Wisdom Mumba Chansa (* April 17, 1964 - † April 28, 1993) was a football player who began his career in the youth team at Zambian club side Rokana United before moving to their city rivals Power Dynamos FC. Rokana's loss was Dynamos' gain as he soon established himself in the great Power Dynamos side of the eighties.
Wisdom of repugnance The term wisdom of repugnance describes the belief that an intuitive (or "deep-seated") negative response to some thing, idea or practice should be interpreted as evidence for the intrinsically harmful or evil character of that thing. Furthermore, it refers to the notion that wisdom may manifest itself in feelings of disgust towards anything which lacks "goodness" or wisdom, though the feelings or the reasoning of such 'wisdom' may not be immediately explicable through reason.
Wisdom of the fool Wisdom of the fool is a theme that seems to contradict itself in which the fool may have an attribute of wisdom. With probable beginnings early in the civilizing process, the concept developed during the Middle Ages when there was a rise of "civilizing" factors (such as the advent of certain practices of manners in Western Europe) and achieved its most pronounced state in the Renaissance.
Wisdom tradition Wisdom Tradition is a term that is sometimes given to the inner core or mystic aspects of a religious or spiritual tradition, without the trappings, doctrinal literalism, sectarianism, and power structures that are associated with institutionalised religion. The Wisdom Tradition provides a conceptual framework for the development of the inner self, living a spiritual life, and the realisation of Enlightenment or of Union with God.
Wisdom Tree Wisdom Tree is a manufacturer and distributor of Christian Video Games, primarily for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Wisdom Tree was born from the husk of Color Dreams, one of the first companies to work around Nintendo's lockout chip technology on the NES.
Wisdom's Light Wisdom's Light is a public sculpture located in front of the Lake Branch Library in Uniontown, Ohio. The sculpture was commissioned by the Rotary club of Lake Township to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Rotary International.
Wise (Stetsasonic) Wise (born Leonardo Roman on August 20, 1965 in Fajardo, Puerto Rico), better known to everyone as WISE, to the members of Stetsasonic the world's first hip-hop "band", he was known as the Stetsa-Human Mix Machine. For those that didn't or don't know, this human percussionist was one of the first latino human beatboxes to hit the Hip Hop scene just as the ART OF NOISE was on the rise.
Wise Men of Gotham Wise Men of Gotham, the early name given to the people of the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, in allusion to their reputed simplicity. But if tradition is to be believed the Gothamites were not so very simple.
Wise River The Wise River is a tributary of the Big Hole River, approximately 30 mi (48 km) long, in southwestern Montana in the United States. It rises in the Beaverhead National Forest in the Pioneer Mountains in Beaverhead County.
Wise use The Wise use movement in the United States is a loose-knit coalition of groups promoting private property rights and use of the natural environment as a natural part of human survival. This includes use by commercial and public interests, seeking increased access to public lands, and often opposing government intervention.
WiseGirls WiseGirls is a 2002 film starring Mira Sorvino, Mariah Carey and Melora Walters as waitresses working at a restaurant run by mobsters. It was directed by David Anspaugh and premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival (see 2002 in film), where it received positive reviews and a standing ovation.
Wisemans Bridge Wisemans Bridge is a small hamlet and holiday resort on the Pembrokeshire Coast Path between Amroth and Saundersfoot. The footpath linking it and Coppet Hall beach was once a railway track used to transport coal to Saundersfoot.
Wiser's wiskey Wisers Whiskey Distillery was established in 1857. In the early 1900s, Wiser's was the third largest distillery in Canada, producing high-quality whiskey that supplied markets in Canada and the United States, China and the Philippine Islands.
Wish (computer game) Wish was a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) under development by Mutable Realms. The developers of the game coined a new name for their game's genre, Ultra Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game, or UMMORPG, with the added word Ultra based on their claims that the game would be the first of its kind to support more than 10,000 simultaneous players in a single, seamless world, without any zones or "shards".
Wish (Feargal Sharkey album) Wish is the second solo album of former Undertones singer Feargal Sharkey. Released in 1988, three years after his successful self-titled solo debut, the album was found to be somewhat disappointing and therefore became not as successful as its predecessor.
Wish (song) "Wish" is the second promotional single from Nine Inch Nails' Broken. One of NIN's most popular and acclaimed songs, "Wish" was the first NIN single to center around metal riffing and cemented mastermind Trent Reznor's image as a rage-fueled star to the public.
Wish I Could Fly "Wish I Could Fly" is the first single from the Have a Nice Day album by the Swedish duo Roxette. It was released in January 1999 and it became Roxette's most successful single since "Sleeping in My Car" (1994).
Wish I Was "Wish I Was" is a 1983 single by British singer Sandie Shaw. Shaw was most famous for being the most successful British female singer of the 1960s, thanks to a string of hit singles on the Pye Records label.
Wish Kid Wish Kid is an animated television series, produced by DiC Entertainment, lasted for just one season (1991 – 1992), and starred Macaulay Culkin as Nicholas "Nick" McClary. The animated WishKid Starring Macaulay Culkin had a live-action appearance from its title star at the beginning of each episode, wherein he explained the show's premise.
Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd song) "Wish You Were Here" is the title track on Pink Floyd's 1975 album Wish You Were Here. The song's lyrics encompass writer Roger Waters's feelings of alienation from other people and himself, as well as disillusionment with music.
Wish-Bone salad dressing Wish-Bone is a popular American brand of salad dressing based in Kansas City, Missouri which was founded by ex-soldier Phillip Sollomi in 1945. The brand is currently owned by Lipton and enjoys wide market share.
Wishart distribution In statistics, the Wishart distribution, named in honor of John Wishart, is any of a family of probability distributions for nonnegative-definite matrix-valued random variables ("random matrices"). These distributions are of great importance in the estimation of covariance matrices in multivariate statistics.
Wishaw General Hospital Wishaw General Hospital is a district general hospital with a 24-hour accident and emergency department in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. It has 633 inpatient beds and 56 day case beds with elderly care and psychiatric day hospitals.
Wishaw railway station Wishaw railway station is a railway station in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and lies on a loop of the Argyle Line which diverges from the West Coast Main Line at Shieldmuir and then reconnects with the WCML at Law Junction near Carluke.
Wishbass Wishbass is a custom bass guitar company located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The company owner and head luthier, Steve Wishnevsky, specializes in making unorthodox bass guitars out of both exotic and domestic woods.
Wishbone (computer bus) The Wishbone Bus is an open source hardware computer bus intended to let the parts of an integrated circuit communicate with each other. The aim is to allow the connection of differing cores to each other inside of a chip.
Wishbone and the Amazing Odyssey Wishbone and The Amazing Odyssey was a computer program manufactured by Palladium Interactive featuring the dog from the Wishbone television series. Players tried to help Wishbone get out of the combobulator while learning Greek mythology and history.
Wishbone Four Wishbone Four is the fourth album by legendary rock band Wishbone Ash. It was a radical departure from their smash hit Argus, containing almost none of the twin-lead guitar harmonies and folk elements that made the previous album such as success.
Wishbringer Wishbringer: The Magick Stone of Dreams is an interactive fiction computer game written by Brian Moriarty and published by Infocom in 1985. It was intended to be an easier game to solve than the typical Infocom release, and provide a good introduction to interactive fiction for inexperienced players.
Wishcraft Wishcraft was a straight to DVD release film of 2002, about a teenager (Brett Bumpers) who receives a talisman that gives him 3 wishes. It stars Michael Weston (who had a role in Cherry Falls), and Alexandra Holden.
Wishes Wishes is a fireworks spectacular at the Magic Kingdom theme park in Florida and at Disneyland Park in Paris. The show debuted at the Magic Kingdom on October 9, 2003, and was developed by Walt Disney Creative Entertainment, who were assigned to create a replacement for the 32-year-old Fantasy in the Sky fireworks.
Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) Wishing (If I Had A Photograph Of You) was a 1982 New Wave song by A Flock Of Seagulls, appearing as the opening performance on their second album Listen. Its wistful, bleak lyrics on separation are built on a driving rhythm backed by a heavy Wall of Sound-styled layer of synthesizer padding.
Wishing I Was There The third single from the album, "Wishing I Was There", was released on 31 May 1998 and contained the b-side "Why", co-written by Imbruglia herself and one of the album's producers, Matt Bronleewee.
Wishing on a Star "Wishing on a Star" is a 1978 hit single by Rose Royce for Whitfield Records. Included on their second album, Rose Royce II: In Full Bloom, "Wishing on a Star" is a slow ballad written by Billie Rae Calvin (formerly of Whitfield Records act The Undisputed Truth) and produced by Norman Whitfield.
Wishing on the Same Star "Wishing On The Same Star" is Namie Amuro's 21st solo single under the avex trax label. Released on September 11, 2002, the song was meant to be her last before a hiatus that would have seen her transplanting herself from Tokyo, Japan to New York for the purposes of artist development.
Wishing Stairs Wishing Stairs (여고과담 3: 여우계단 Yeogo goedam 3: Yeowoo gyedan) is a 2003 South Korean horror film. It is the third in a series of South Korean horror films set in girls high schools that began with 1998's Whispering Corridors, but, as with all movies in the series so far, is unrelated to the others.
Wishing well A wishing well is a term from European folklore to describe wells where it was thought that any spoken wish would be granted. The idea that a wish would be granted came from the idea that water contained deities or had been placed there as a gift from the gods, since water was a source of life and often a scarce commodity.
Wishing You Were Here "Wishing You Were Here" is a song written by Peter Cetera for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago VII (1974), with lead vocals by Terry Kath. The third single released from that album, it reached #11 on the U.
Wishingbone Wishingbone is the sister album to Subtles A New White, which contains remixes and new material with other artists, including Mike Patton, Beck, and Andrew Broder. Included with Wishingbone is a DVD including the videos for "F.
Wishmaster (film) Wishmaster and its three sequels are films about a Djinn that is released from a jewel and seeks to capture enough souls to open a portal and free his fellow Djinn from their prison. The Djinn does this by granting a wish that captures the wisher's soul.

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