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Wolf at the Door "Wolf At The Door" was English alternative rock and piano rock band Keane's second single release, originally intended only as a promo item, and the rarest Keane item in existence with only fifty copies made.
Wolf Brand Chili Wolf Brand Chili is a brand of chili con carne currently owned by ConAgra Foods and originating in Corsicana, Texas. Its trademarked slogan, ""Neighbor, how long has it been since you had a big, thick, steaming bowl of Wolf Brand Chili?
Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station Wolf Creek Nuclear Generating Station, a nuclear power plant located in Burlington, Kansas, occupies 9,818 acres (40 km²) of the total 11,800 acres (48 km²) controlled by the owner. Wolf Creek lake provides not only the name, but cooling water for the reactor.
Wolf Dog Wolf Dog (1958) is a Western movie, directed and produced by Sam Newfield and released by Regal Films. In August of 1957, Newfield and a camera crew filmed the movie in and around Markdale, Ontario, near Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada.
Wolf Heidenheim Wolf (Benjamin) ben Samson Heidenheim (1757–Feb. 23, 1832) was a German exegete and grammarian born at Heidenheim At an early age Heidenheim was sent to Fürth, where he studied Talmud under Joseph Steinhardt, author of Zikron Yosef, and, from 1777, under Hirsch Janow.
Wolf Hirth Wolfram Kurt Erhard Hirth (February 28 1900 – July 25 1959) was a German gliding pioneer and sailplane designer. He was a co-founder of Schempp-Hirth, one of the most renowned sailplane manufacturers in the world today.
Wolf Howard Wolf Howard (born April 7, 1968) is an artist, poet and filmmaker living in Chatham, Kent, England and was a founder member of the Stuckists art group. He is also a drummer who has played in garage and punk bands, including The Buff Medways, with Billy Childish.
Wolf interval When the twelve notes within the octave are tuned using meantone temperament, one of the fifths will be much sharper than the rest. The notes that meantone temperament was normally based around meant that the interval G♯ to E♭ will be this anomalous interval.
Wolf Krakowski Wolf Krakowski, Yiddish-speaking song-writer, singer, and guitarist, born in 1947 at Saalfelden Farmach, an Austrian camp for displaced persons, where his parents, who were Polish Jews who had managed to survive the Holocaust, lived for a short while after World War II. Soon afterwards they moved to Sweden, and the small town of Eskilstuna, where the family stayed until 1954 when they moved to Toronto, Canada.
Wolf Lake (Indiana/Illinois) Wolf Lake is an 804 acre (325 hectare) lake that straddles the Hammond, Indiana / Chicago, Illinois border. It is smaller than it was prior to settlement by people of European descent because of infilling for development around the edges.
Wolf Mankowitz Wolf Mankowitz (born November 7, 1924 - May 20, 1998) was an English writer, playwright and screenwriter. He was born and raised in Bethnal Green in the heart of London's Jewish community, and this provided him with the material for his most successful book.
Wolf number The Wolf number (also known as the International sunspot number, relative sunspot number, or ZĂĽrich number) is a quantity which measures the number of sunspots and groups of sunspots present on the surface of the sun.
Wolf Nomads In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Wolf Nomads, properly known as the Wegwiur, is a political state of the Flanaess. The name also applies to the tribes of nomadic horsemen who dwell within these lands.
Wolf pack The term wolf pack refers to the mass-attack tactics against convoys used by U-boats of the Kriegsmarine during the Battle of the Atlantic and submarines of the United States Navy against Japanese shipping in the Pacific Ocean in World War II.
Wolf Parade Wolf Parade is an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, now based in Montreal, Quebec. Wolf Parade was formed when Spencer Krug (also in Frog Eyes, Swan Lake, and Sunset Rubdown) was offered a gig supporting The Arcade Fire.
Wolf Pen, West Virginia Wolf Pen is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, USA. Legend has it that Wolf Pen's name comes from an incident when a man built a pen to capture the wolves which had been taking his sheep.
Wolf Prize The Wolf Prize has been awarded annually since 1978 to living scientists and artists for "achievements in the interest of mankind and friendly relations among peoples ... irrespective of nationality, race, colour, religion, sex or political views".
Wolf reintroduction Wolf reintroduction involves the artificial reestablishment of a population of wolves into areas where they had been previously extirpated. Wolf reintroduction is only considered where large tracts of suitable wilderness still exist and where certain prey species are abundant enough to support a predetermined wolf population.
Wolf Rüdiger Hess Wolf Rüdiger Hess (Heß in German) (November 18, 1937 – October 24, 2001) was the son of Rudolf Hess. An outspoken critic of the investigation of his father's 1987 death, he maintained to his dying day that the British SAS murdered his father to prevent his parole (which many thought was imminent).
Wolf River (Tennessee) The Wolf River is a small alluvial river of West Tennessee and North Mississippi, whose confluence with the Mississippi River was the site of various Chickasaw, French, Spanish and American communities and forts that eventually became Memphis, Tennessee.
Wolf River Conservancy Headquarted in Memphis, Tennessee, the Wolf River Conservancy (WRC) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose stated purpose is "conserving and enhancing the Wolf River and its environs as a natural resource for public education and low-impact recreational activities." It has approximately 1,000 members from throughout the Mid-South, led by an active Board of Directors and staff and advised by the Wolf River Conservancy Trustees.
Wolf Robe Wolf Robe (between 1838 and 1841—1910, Oklahoma) was a Southern Cheyenne chief and a holder of Benjamin Harrison Peace Medal. During the late 1870s he was forced to leave the open plains and relocate his tribe on a reservation in Oklahoma.
Wolf Rock, Cornwall Wolf Rock lies 8 miles off Land's End in Cornwall, UK, . This rock was a constant danger to shipping and a number of attempts to put a beacon on the rock were made between 1795 and 1850; finally a lighthouse was built on it between 1862 and 1870.
Wolf Ruvinskis Wolf Ruvinskis (born Wolf Ruvinskis Manevics on October 30 1921 in Riga, Latvia – November 9 1999 in Mexico City) was a Mexican actor and professional wrestler of the lucha libre. He was married to Beatriz Perez, the dancer Armida Herrera and to actress Lilia Michel.
Wolf spider The wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae, so named because their method of hunting is to run down their prey. They are robust and agile hunters which rely on good eyesight to hunt, typically at night.
Wolf Schwabacher Wolf Schwabacher was a prominent Jewish entertainment lawyer, a partner in the New York firm of Hays, Wolf, Schwabacher, Sklar & Epstein, whose clients included the Marx Brothers, Lillian Hellman, and Erskine Caldwell. His wife, Ethel Schwabacher (they married in 1934), was a protegee of Arshile Gorky, his first biographer, and herself a well-known abstract impressionist painter.
Wolf System stage combat training The Wolf System of stage combat training was founded in 1988 by New Zealand-based fight choreographer and stage combat instructor Tony Wolf. It has been applied to a range of production genres including professional theatre, opera, ballet, film, television and motion capture.
Wolf Szmuness Wolf Szmuness (1919 – June, 1982) was a Polish epidemiologist who has been accused of targeting the release of the HIV/AIDS virus among gay men in America. He is featured prominently in AIDS conspiracy theories about the origin of the virus.
Wolf the Quarrelsome Wolf the Quarrelsome was brother to Brian Boru who was High King of Ireland from 1002 to 1014. He was primarily known for his actions in the Battle of Clontarf of 1014, in the aftermath of which he gruesomely killed Brodir of the Isle of Man to avenge his brother's death at the hands of the invaders:
Wolf ticket The phrase wolf ticket is a corruption of woof ticket, an African American slang expression for the practice of verbal intimidation, "sellin' (or passin' out) wolf tickets," that was misinterpreted. Over time, the misnomer has become accepted terminology in some quarters.
Wolf ticket (Russia) Wolf ticket is a literal translation of the Russian language term волчий билет (volchiy bilet), a colloquial expression to denote a version of a document with restrictive clauses in comparison to the full document. Figuratively, the term remains in use in many of the countries of the former communist block, usually to denote any kind of document that affects one's career.
Wolf tone A wolf tone, or simply a "wolf", is a noise that is produced when a note played on a stringed instrument matches the natural resonating frequency of the instrument, producing a tone that is loud and harsh, and basically unwelcomed by most musicians.
Wolf Team Wolf Team ((株)ウルフチーム) was founded in 1986 as part of Telenet Japan and was originally headed by Masahiro Akishino. Wolfteam became independent from Telenet in 1987, was reintegrated in 1990 and got merged with another Telenet subsidiary called Lasersoft, then was completely absorbed in an internal restructuring at Telenet in 1993 at which point most of the staff left together with Akishino.
Wolf Tracks and Peter and the Wolf The pairing of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with a new composition, Wolf Tracks, by French composer Jean-Pascal Beintus, is the result of the commitment of artists, technical experts, world leaders and arts patrons from many countries. The project was conceived by the Russian National Orchestra and developed under the artistic direction of Kent Nagano.
Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, known locally as simply Wolf Trap, is a performing arts center situated in a setting of rolling hills and woods located on 130 acres (0.53 km²) of national park land in Vienna, Virginia.
Wolf Wigo Wolf Wigo (born May 8, 1973 in Abington, PA) is a renowned American water polo player and coach. He has played competitive water polo at the national level since age 15, was a four-year All-America collegiate player and led his Stanford University team to two NCAA Championships.
Wolf Wolfensberger Wolf Wolfensberger (born in Mannheim, Germany in 1934) is an American academic who influenced disability policy and practice in the United States and elsewhere through his development of Social Role Valorisation (SRV). SRV extended the work of Bengt Nirje in Europe on Normalisation.
Wolf's Head (secret society) Wolf's Head (WHS) is the third oldest secret society at Yale University. It was founded in 1883 to help reform a social system and University administration dominated by the societies Skull and Bones and Scroll and Key.
Wolf-Rayet star Wolf-Rayet stars (often referred to as WR stars) are evolved, massive stars (over 20 solar masses), and are losing their mass rapidly by means of a very strong stellar wind, with speeds up to 2000 km/s. While our own sun loses 10-14 of its own mass on a yearly basis, a Wolf-Rayet star loses 10-5 solar masses a year.
Wolf, Graf von Baudissin Wolf Stefan Traugott Graf von Baudissin (* May 8 1907 in Trier, † June 5 1993 in Hamburg) was a German general and military and peace researcher. His wife was the sculptress Dagmar Gräfin zu Dohna-Schlodien.
Wolfberry Wolfberry is the common name for the fruit of Lycium barbarum () or L. chinense ({{zh-cp|c=[two species of boxthorn] in the family [[Solanaceae (which also includes the potato, tomato, eggplant, deadly nightshade, chili pepper, and tobacco).
Wolfbrigade Wolfbrigade (formerly Wolfpack) are a crust punk band from Sweden featuring former members of Anti Cimex, Obscure Infinity and Harlequin Band. Former singer Jonsson was forced to leave the band in 1998 due to a throat infection.
Wolfdietrich Wolfdietrich is a German hero of romance. The tale of Wolfdietrich is connected with the Merovingian princes, Theodoric and Theodebert, son and grandson of Clovis; but in the Middle High German poems of Ortnit and Wolfdietrich in the Heldenbuch.
Wolfdog A wolfdog (also called a wolf hybrid or wolf-dog hybrid) is a canid hybrid resulting from the mating of a wolf (Canis lupus) and a dog (Canis lupus familiaris). The term "wolfdog" is preferred by most wolfdog proponents and breeders, as they contend that these animals are not hybrids at all, as one is a subspecies of the other.
Wolfe Tones The Wolfe Tones are an Irish rebel music band deeply rooted in Irish traditional music. They are named after the Irish rebel and patriot Wolfe Tone, one of the leaders of the Irish Rebellion of 1798 with the double entendre that a wolf tone is a spurious sound that can affect instruments of the violin family.
Wolfeboro (CDP), New Hampshire Wolfeboro CDP is a census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Wolfeboro in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The United States Census Bureau defines the CDP in order to report separate demographic detail for the more densely populated main settlement in the town.
Wolfen (film) Wolfen is the title of a 1981 horror film starring Albert Finney, Gregory Hines and Edward James Olmos based on the novel "The Wolfen" by Whitley Strieber. It was directed by Michael Wadleigh and the screenplay was by David Eyre, Eric Roth (uncredited), and Michael Wadleigh.
WolfenbĂĽttel (district) WolfenbĂĽttel is a Kreis (district) in the southeastern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free City of Braunschweig, the District of Helmstedt, the District of Halberstadt in Saxony-Anhalt, and the districts of Goslar, Hildesheim and Peine.
WolfenbĂĽttel Ritter-Akademie The WolfenbĂĽttel Ritter-Akademie was a German knight academy founded in Salzdahlum by Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-LĂĽneburg in 1688, and from 1712 it housed the first independent library in Germany. The architect Herman Korb was responsible for the building which features a rotunda for the library.
Wolfenden report The Report of the Departmental Committee on Homosexual Offences and Prostitution (better known as the Wolfenden report, after Lord Wolfenden, the chairman of the committee) was published in Britain on September 3, 1957 after a succession of well-known men, including Peter Wildeblood, were convicted of homosexual offences.
Wolfenstein 3D Wolfenstein 3D (originally Wolfenstein 3-D, commonly abbreviated to Wolf 3D) is a video game that is generally regarded as having popularized the first person shooter genre on the PC. It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software on May 5 1992 for DOS.
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (abbreviated as WOLF:ET, WET, and among gamers, ET) is a freeware first-person shooter (FPS) computer game, and a standalone sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein, created by Splash Damage.
Wolferton Wolferton is a village in the north of the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 3 km west of the village of Sandringham, 12 km north of the town of King's Lynn and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich.
Wolff's law Wolff's law is a theory developed by the German Anatomist/Surgeon Julius Wolff (1835-1902) in the 19th century that states that bone in a healthy person or animal will adapt to the loads it is placed under. If loading on a particular bone increases, the bone will remodel itself over time to become stronger to resist that sort of loading.
Wolff-Chaikoff effect Wolff-Chaikoff effect is used to described hypothyroidism caused by intravenous infusion of a large amount of iodine. It is an autoregulatory phenomenon which inhibits formation of thyroid hormones inside of the thyroid follicle.
Wolfgang (Filipino band) Wolfgang was a Filipino heavy metal/hard rock/grunge band formed around 1992. They were named among the four greatest Filipino rock bands of all time, alongside the Juan De la Cruz Band, The Dawn and The Eraserheads.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (baptized Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart) (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was a prolific and influential Austrian composer of the Classical era. His output of more than six hundred compositions includes works widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symphonic, concertante, chamber, piano, operatic, and choral music.
Wolfgang Ambros Wolfgang Ambros (born March 19, 1952 in Wolfsgraben, Niederösterreich) is an Austrian singer-songwriter, most famously known for setting the then-new trend in the 1970s known now as Austropop. He is most famous for his song "Da Hofer" and "Schi foan".
Wolfgang Bauer Wolfgang Bauer (March 18, 1941 – August 26, 2005) was an Austrian writer best known as a playwright who, particularly in his younger days, was regarded as an enfant terrible by the Austrian cultural establishment.
Wolfgang Clement Wolfgang Clement (born 7 July 1940 in Bochum) is a German politician (in the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)). He was Premier of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1998 to 2002 and Federal Minister of Economics and Labour from 2002 to 2005.
Wolfgang Dietrich Wolfgang Dietrich (* 13 September 1956 in the Tyrol) is an Austrian peace researcher and political scientist. He is a member of the faculty of the Institute for Political Science at the University of Innsbruck/Austria, visiting professor at the Institute for Political Science at the University of Vienna and member of the faculty of the Centre for Peace and Development Studies at the University of CastellĂłn/Spain.
Wolfgang Drechsler Wolfgang Drechsler (born June 6, 1963, Marburg, Germany) is a Public Administration, Political Philosophy and Innovation Policy scholar. He is Professor and Chair of Governance, and one of the founders and directors of the Technology Governance program, at the Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia.
Wolfgang FlĂĽr Wolfgang FlĂĽr (born 17 July 1947) is a German musician, best known as a member of Kraftwerk, the electro-pop group, from 1973 to 1987, playing electronic drums. FlĂĽr also built much of the group's studio and stage equipment in his workshop below the band's Kling Klang studio.
Wolfgang Grams Wolfgang Grams (March 6, 1953 - June 27, 1993) was a member of the terrorist group Red Army Faction. His death in a train station was a scandal that caused the end of the careers of several German politicians.
Wolfgang Hohlbein Wolfgang Hohlbein (born August 15, 1953 in Weimar) is a German writer of fantasy and horror fiction who was born in Weimar, Thuringia and today lives near Neuss, North Rhine-Westphalia. His wife, Heike, is also a writer and often works with her husband.
Wolfgang Hutter Wolfgang Hutter (born December 13, 1928, Vienna, Austria) is a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and stage designer. Hutter's imagery is characterised by an artificial paradise of gardens and fantastical fairytale-like scenes.
Wolfgang Kaleck Wolfgang Kaleck is a German attorney, who, on November 14, 2006, charged Donald Rumsfeld, George Tenet, Alberto Gonzales, Barbara Fast, William J. Haynes, II, John Yoo, David Addington, Walter Wojdakowski, Stephen Cambone, Ricardo S.
Wolfgang Kapp Wolfgang Kapp (July 24 1858–June 12 1922) was an East Prussian civil servant and journalist. He was a strict nationalist, and a nominal leader of the so-called Kapp Putsch that took place in Weimar Republic in 1920.
Wolfgang Ketterle Wolfgang Ketterle (born October 21, 1957) is a German physicist and professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research has focused on experiments that trap and cool atoms to temperatures close to absolute zero, and he led one of the first groups to realize Bose Einstein condensation in these systems in 1995.
Wolfgang Kieling Wolfgang Kieling (1924–1985) was a German actor. In films since childhood in his native Germany, Kieling also occasionally appeared in English-language films, most notably in Alfred Hitchcock's Torn Curtain (1966), where he played an East German agent brutally slain by Paul Newman.
Wolfgang Kleff Wolfgang Kleff (born November 16, 1946 in Schwerte, Germany) is a former German football player whose assemblance to German actor and comedian Otto Waalkes imdb.com on Wolfgang Kleff's role in motion pictures allowed him to pick up minor roles in motion pictures and his referring nickname as well.
Wolfgang Langewiesche Wolfgang Langewiesche (Born 1907) aviator, author and journalist, is one of the most quoted authors in aviation writing. His Stick and Rudder (1944) is still in print, and is considered a primary reference on the art of flying fixed-wing aircraft.
Wolfgang Nebel Wolfgang Nebel (born November 18, 1956) is a German computer scientist and professor for integrated circuit design at the computer science (Informatik) department of the Carl von Ossietzky University at Oldenburg, Germany.
Wolfgang Overath Wolfgang Overath (born 29 September 1943 in Siegburg, Germany) is a former West German football player. He represented his country three times in World Cup finals, culminating in 1974 with victory on home soil.
Wolfgang Pauli Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (April 25, 1900 – December 15, 1958) was an Austrian theoretical physicist noted for his work on the theory of spin, and in particular the discovery of the Exclusion principle, which underpins the whole of chemistry.
Wolfgang Preiss Wolfgang Preiss (February 27, 1910 at Nuremberg - November 27, 2002 at Baden-Baden) was a German cinema and television actor. Known in international circles for his portrayals of aristocratic German officers in World War II movies, in his native Germany he was famous for portraying criminal masterminds such as the evil Doctor Mabuse.
Wolfgang Puck Wolfgang Johann Puck (born Wolfgang Johann Topfschnig on January 8, 1949) is an Austrian-American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and businessman based in Los Angeles, California. He owns a selection of restaurants, ranging from the upscale Spago, Chinois, and Postrio restaurants to the casual Wolfgang Puck Café and Wolfgang Puck Express chains.
Wolfgang Rindler Wolfgang Rindler is a leading physicist working in the field of General Relativity where he is well known for introducing the term "event horizon", rindler coordinates, and (in collaboration with Roger Penrose) for popularizing the use of spinors in general relativity. He is also a prolific textbook author.
Wolfgang Rott Wolfgang Rott (born on November 28, 1946) is a former field hockey player from West Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He played at club level for THC Mettmann.
Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen Baron Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen (December 17, 1809–March 16, 1876), German geologist, was born at Göttingen and educated at the university in that city. There he devoted his attention to physical and natural science, and in particular to mineralogy.
Wolfgang Seeger Wolfgang Seeger, Chairman of the Board of Bank Alpinum in Liechtenstein, is partner of Advocatur Seeger, Frick & Partner and Seeger & Seeger Trust, the oldest law firm in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Until the end of 2004 he was Vice President of the State Court of Liechtenstein.
Wolfgang Schellmann Oberstleutnant Wolfgang Schellmann (March 2, 1911 – MIA June 22, 1941) was German WWII Luftwaffe Ace, commander of JG 2 and JG 27 and a winner of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. He was executed by the Soviet NKVD after bailing out over the Eastern Front in June 1941.
Wolfgang Schirmacher Wolfgang Schirmacher (1944-) is an editor and educator in the field of philosophy. He has edited many journals and written books, as well as developed curriculum in philosophical disciplines at major universities.
Wolfgang Schmidt Wolfgang Schmidt (born January 16, 1954 in Berlin) is a former German track and field athlete who competed for East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the discus throw. A former world record holder, he also won several medals at the European Championships in Athletics.
Wolfgang Schwarz Wolfgang Schwarz (born September 14, 1947 in Vienna) was an Austrian figure skater who won the gold medal at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Prior to that, he was best known for finishing as runner-up to Austrian teammate Emmerich Danzer at the World Figure Skating Championships and European Figure Skating Championships multiple times.
Wolfgang Schwerk Wolfgang Schwerk is an ultra-marathon runner, born 1956 and now living in Solingen, Germany. He was a trained retail-salesman, baritone opera singer, farmer, carpenter, and poultry breeder before becoming a house-husband in 1984.
Wolfgang StegmĂĽller Wolfgang StegmĂĽller (June 3, 1923 - June 1, 1991), born in Natters, Austria, was a German-Austrian Philosopher with important contributions in philosophy of science and in analytic philosophy. Wolfgang died in Munich, Germany in 1991.
Wolfgang Strödter Wolfgang Strödter (born on April 5, 1948) is a former field hockey player from Germany, who was a member of the West-German team that won the golden medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He was a terrific hitter of penalty corners, and so was Michael Peter, the captain of the 1972 gold medal winning squad.
Wolfgang Stresemann Wolfgang Stresemann (born 1904; died 1998) was a German jurist, orchestra leader, conductor and composer. He was the leader of the Berliner Philharmoniker from 1959 to 1978 and again from 1984 to 1986, a time when Herbert von Karajan served as chief conductor.
Wolfgang Tiefensee Wolfgang Tiefensee (born January 4, 1955 in Gera) is a German SPD politician. He has been the Federal Minister for Transport, Building and Urban Development in the Grand coalition cabinet led by Angela Merkel since November 22, 2005.
Wolfgang von Kempelen (Johann) Wolfgang von (de Pámánd) Kempelen (Hungarian: Kempelen Farkas, Slovak: Ján Vlk Kempelen) (born 23 January 1734 in Pressburg (today Bratislava), died 26 March 1804 in Vienna) was an author and inventor, who became most famous for his construction of the Mechanical Turk, which was a first-class hoax, and a manually operated speaking machinewhich was a genuine pioneering step in experimental phonetics].
Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner Wolfgang Wenzel von Haffner (1806-1892) was the Norwegian Minister of the Navy 1861-1863, 1864-1867 and 1868-1869. He was also member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm 1863-1864, 1867-1868 and 1884, temporarily appointed councillor of state in interim government in Stockholm 1875 and 1881, as well as Prime Minister in Stockholm 1884.
Wolfhound Wolfhound can refer to various breeds of dogs that have been bred to hunt wolves or to established lines of (historically crossed, as opposed to ancient) wolf-dog hybrids that retain significant characteristics of wolves. Wolf-dog hybrids crossed in recent generations are often referred to as wolfdogs, wolf-dog hybrids or wolf hybrids, but not wolfhounds.
Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House Wolfie Cohen's Rascal House is a Jewish Delicatessen located at the intersection of 186th Street and Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, FL since the 1950's (when that neighborhood was first developed). Sporting a famous and large sign in the front, the building is designed in the 1950's "MIMO" style (Miami Modern) that much of the northern precincts of the Miami area beaches are famous for.
Wolfpack (game) Wolfpack is a World War II submarine simulator published by Brøderbund in the 1990s, for use on the Apple Macintosh and other platforms. It simulates combat actions between wolfpacks of German U-boats and convoys of Allied destroyers and merchant vessels in the Second Battle of the Atlantic.
Wolfpen Ridge Wolfpen Ridge is a ridge in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Georgia that runs south to north along the boundary between Towns and Union counties. Brasstown Bald, the highest point in Georgia, is located at the northern end of the ridge (elevation: 4,786 feet).
WolfPack WolfPack is a program of the DARPA Advanced Technology Office tasked with developing technologies that would enable the United States to deny the enemy use of communications and radars throughout the battlespace. The networked system will be comprised of autonomous, ground-based monitors/jammers that are cooperatively linked to avoid disruption of friendly military and protected commercial radio communications and radars.
Wolfram and Hart employees The law firm Wolfram and Hart, in the fictional universe of the television series Angel: the Series employs many individuals, both human and demon. The below are fictional characters who are employed by or associated with the firm.
Wolfram Cocktail The Wolfram cocktail was created in 1990 by Joe Gilmore, former Head Barman of the American Bar at The Savoy Hotel in London. The Wolfram was created to commemorate the election of John Wolff as Chairman of the London Metal Exchange.
Wolframite Wolframite (Fe,Mn)WO4, is an iron manganese tungstate mineral that is the intermediate between ferberite (Fe2+ rich) and huebernite (Mn2+ rich). Along with scheelite, the wolframite series are the most important tungsten ore minerals.

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