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Wang Jian (Southern Qi) Wang Jian (王儉) (452-489), courtesy name Zhongbao (仲寶), formally Duke Wenxian of Nanchang (南昌文憲公), was an official of the Chinese dynasties Liu Song and Southern Qi, who was particularly powerful during the reigns of the first two emperors of Southern Qi, Emperor Gao (Xiao Daocheng) and Emperor Wu (Xiao Ze).
Wang Jiancheng Wang Jiancheng (Chinese: 汪建成; Pinyin: Wāng Jiànchéng, born 1962) is a Chinese scholar of criminal procedure law, former Dean of Law Department, Yantai University, and currently a professor at Beijing University Law School.
Wang Jiaxiang Wang Jiaxiang (August 15, 1906 - January, 1974), one of the senior leaders of the Communist Party of China in its early stage and a member of the 28 Bolsheviks, with his life of up and down indicating the cruel reality of politics.
Wang Jin-pyng Wang Jin-pyng (Chinese: 王金平, pinyin: Wáng Jīnpíng) (born March 17, 1941), Taiwanese politician, is the President of the Legislative Yuan. Wang is considered to be soft-spoken and a concilatory figure, and is considered to be an extremely shrewd politician.
Wang Jingjiu Wang Jingjiu or Wang Ching-chiu (1902-1968) was a general in China's National Revolutionary Army. He commanded the 87th Division, one of the Chinese-German trained Divisions and the 71st Corps at the Battle of Shanghai and Battle of Nanking.
Wang Jingwei Wang Jingwei () (May 4, 1883 – November 10, 1944), was a Chinese politician. He was a member of the left wing of the Kuomintang and is most noted for disagreements with Chiang Kai-shek and forming a Japanese supported collaborationist government in Nanjing.
Wang Jingwei Government The Nanjing Nationalist Government (), also the "Republic of China-Nanjing" and known as the Wang Jingwei Regime (汪精衛政權, Wāng Jīngwèi Zhèngquán) by its detractors, or "Nanjing regime" was a government set up in China in 1940 by the Empire of Japan under the leadership of Wang Jingwei. The Wang Jingwei Government was one of several puppet states of the Japanese during the Second Sino-Japanese War—which spanned the years 1937 through 1945—and was meant to rival the legitimacy the government of Chiang Kai-shek, which was of the same name in Chongqing.
Wang Kang Wang Kang (王伉) was a prefect of Yongchang in the Three Kingdoms Period who served under Shu. Wang Kang was at one time attacked by Yong Kai for not going along with Meng Huo's scheme to revolt against the Kingdom of Shu.
Wang Kuang Wang Kuang (王匡) was an officer of the Three Kingdoms period in China. He first served under the Great General He Jin, but when He Jin was killed by the Ten Attendants, Wang Kuang left his duties and went back to live as a commoner.
Wang Laijun Wang Laijun was a Chinese Protestant Christian pastor and missionary in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China in the late 1800's. He was converted to Christianity in Ningbo under the ministry of James Hudson Taylor before the founding of the China Inland Mission.
Wang Lei (Three Kingdoms) Wang Lei a minister serving under Liu Zhang following the later years of the Han Dynasty period of China. Wang Lei had become known throughout the servants of Liu Zhang through the fact that had at one time hung himself upside-down from the castle wall to warn Liu Zhang against the welcoming of Liu Bei.
Wang Li (politician) Wang Li (王力, 1922–1996) was a propagandist and prominent member of the Cultural Revolution Group. Arrested by Chen Zaidao during the Wuhan Incident in July 1967, purged for "ultra-leftism" shortly afterwards.
Wang Lin Wang Lin (王琳) (526-573), courtesy name Ziheng (子珩), formally Prince Zhongwu of Baling (巴陵忠武王), was a general of the Chinese dynasties Liang Dynasty and Northern Qi. He initially became prominent during Emperor Yuan of Liang's campaign against the rebel general Hou Jing, and later, after Emperor Yuan was defeated and killed by Western Wei forces in 554, he maintained a separate center of power from the dominant general of the remaining Liang provinces, Chen Baxian.
Wang Liping (athlete) Wang Liping (born July 8, 1976 in Fengcheng, Liaoning) is a Chinese race walker, who became Olympic champion over 20 kilometres in 2000. Her personal best time is 1:26:23 hours, which puts her 8th in the all-time performers list.
Wang Mang Wang Mang () (45 BC–October 6, 23), courtesy name Jujun (巨君), was a Han Dynasty official who seized the throne from the Liu family and founded Xin (or Hsin) Dynasty (新朝, meaning "new dynasty"), ruling AD 8–23. The Han dynasty was restored after his overthrow, and historians have traditionally viewed Wang as a "usurper", while some others have portrayed him as a visionary and selfless social reformer.
Wang Men Wang Men an officer of the Three Kingdoms Period that served under Gongsun Zan, which was also recorded in official history. However, when Gongsun Zan was fighting Yuan Shao he then defected over to their side.
Wang Meng Wang Meng (王猛, pinyin Wáng Měng) (325–375), courtesy name Jinglüe (景略), formally Marquess Wu of Qinghe (清河武侯), served as prime minister to the Former Qin emperor Fu Jiān (苻堅) in the fourth century. Under his governance, Fu Jiān's empire expanded from encompassing only most of Shaanxi, eastern Gansu, and extreme western Shanxi and Henan, to covering nearly all of then-Chinese territory north of the Huai River and the southwest.
Wang Meng (athlete) Wang Meng (王濛, pinyin Wáng Méng; born April 10, 1985) is a Chinese short track speed skater. She lives in Beijing and is from Harbin, the same hometown as the last gold medalist in the 500 m, Chinese speed skater Yang Yang (A).
Wang Ming Wang Ming (Chinese: 王明, pinyin: Wáng Míng) (May 23 1904 - March 27 1974) was a senior leader of the early Communist Party of China (CPC) as well as the mastermind of the famous 28 Bolsheviks group. Wang was also a major political rival of Mao Zedong during the 1930s, opposing Mao's nationalist deviation from the Comintern and orthodox Marxism and Leninism line.
Wang Ming-Dao Ming-Dao Wang (or Wang Ming-Dao as spoken in Chinese) (Chinese: 王明道)(1900-1991) was born in Beijing. A Chinese Christian evangelist, he was the founder (1925) of the Christian Tabernacle in Peking, which was one of the largest evangelical churches in China at that time, and he was considered one of the most respected Christian leaders in China.
Wang Shiwei Wang Shiwei (Wade-Giles: Wang Shih-wei) (王實味) (March 12, 1906-July 1, 1947), originally named Wang Sidao (王思禱), was a journalist and literary writer. He became famous for his contribution to the Chinese history of modern revolution and to Chinese modern literature.
Wang tile Wang tiles (or Wang dominoes), first proposed by Hao Wang in 1961, are a class of formal systems. They are modelled visually by equal-sized squares with a color on each edge which can be arranged side by side (on a regular square grid) so that abutting edges of adjacent tiles have the same color; the tiles cannot be rotated or reflected.
Wang Tao Wang Tao (王韜; November 10, 1828 – April, 1897) was a Qing dynasty translator, reformer, political columnist, newspaper publisher, and fiction writer. He was born as Wang Libin in Puli Town in Suzhou prefecture.
Wang Wei (Liang Dynasty) Wang Wei (王偉) (d. 552) was the chief strategist for Hou Jing, who controlled the imperial government of and briefly took over the throne of the Chinese dynasty Liang Dynasty and established his short-lived state of Han.
Wang Wei (pilot) Wang Wei () (April 6, 1968 - April 1, 2001) was a pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force whose Shenyang J-8 fighter jet was hit by (or hit) the wing of an American EP-3E surveillance plane about seventy miles off the coast of the Chinese island of Hainan. Wang ejected from the plane but was never found and is presumed dead.
Wang Wenhua Wang Wenhua (王文華, born on December 17th) is a contemporary Taiwanese novelist and columnist. He graduated from the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at NTU, and obtained an MBA from Stanford University.
Wang Xiangzhai Wang Xiangzhai (Chinese:王薌齋; Wade-Giles: Wang Hsiang-chai, 1885-1963), also known as Nibao, Zhenghe or Yuseng, was a Chinese xingyiquan master, responsible for founding the martial art of yiquan. He was born in Hebei province, and as a young man, he studied martial arts with Guo Yunshen, a famous Xingyiquan master.
Wang Xifeng Wang Xifeng (王熙鳳) is one of the principal characters in the classic Chinese novel Dream of the Red Chamber. A not-so-well educated upper class woman with finesse, she is also known as "Peppercorn Feng"(鳳辣子), "Hot Pepper", or Phoenix.
Wang Xijue Wang Xijue (王錫爵) was a Ming dynasty court official in China. In a 1593 report to the emperor, he wrote: "The venerable elders of my home district explain that the reason grain is cheap despite poor harvests in recent years is due entirely to the scarcity of silver coin.
Wang Xuan Wang Xuan (February 5 1937 - February 13 2006), born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, China, innovator of the Chinese printing industry, was an academician at both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is a well-known computer application specialist, who was awarded the State Preeminent Science and Technology Award in 2001 by Chinese President Jiang Zemin in Beijing.
Wang Xuecheng Wang Xuecheng (王学成), was a People's Liberation Army Naval Air Force pilot who defected to Taiwan On November 14, 1983, and Taiwan rewarded him a position as a major in the Republic of China Air Force and 3,000 taels (approximately 150 kg) of gold.
Wang Yangming Wang Yangming (1472–1529) was a Ming Chinese idealist Neo-Confucian philosopher, official, educationist, calligraphist and general. After Zhu Xi, he is commonly regarded as the most important Neo-Confucian thinker, with interpretations of Confucianism that denied the rationalist dualism of the orthodox philosophy of Zhu Xi.
Wang Ye Wang Ye the cavalry warden of the Kingdom of Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. Wang Ye, along with Wang Shen and Wang Jing were consulted by Cao Mao (who at the time was the current emperor of Wei) on the assassination of Sima Zhao.
Wang Yi-Ch'eng Wang Yicheng or Wang Yi-Ch'eng (王禹偁, 954-1001) was a Chinese poet from Chuyeh in Shandong province. He served in a government post and was known for forthright criticism of policies; this led to his eventual banishment to the South.
Wang Yongzhi Wang Yongzhi (王永志) (November 17 1932 - ), born in Changtu County, Liaoning, China, is an aerospace scientist and academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He is notable for being the general architect and designer of China's first manned spacecraft Shenzhou 5 and Shenzhou 6.
Wang Youcai Wang Youcai(Chinese: 王有才) (born June 29, 1966), an active dissident of the Chinese democracy movement, was one of the student leaders in the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Then a graduate student at the Peking University, he was arrested in 1989 and sentenced in 1991.
Wang Yun Wang Yun (137 – 192) was the Minister of the Masses under Emperor Xian, the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. During Wang Yun's time, the emperors were mere puppets under the power of eunuchs and warlords.
Wang Yung-ching Wang Yung-ching (Traditional Chinese: 王永慶; pinyin: Wáng Yǒngqìng, born in Hsintien township, Taiwan, 18 January 1917) is an influential entrepreneur who founded a large business empire in Taiwan. According to the 2006 Forbes survey, he is the 107th richest person in the world and the richest person in Taiwan with an estimated net worth of US$5.
Wang Yuyan Wang Yuyan (; 王玉燕 in 1st revision of the novel) is a fictional character in Jinyong's novel, Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. Her mother is Madam Wang, her father is Duan Zhengchun and she is the cousin of Gusu Murong Fu, who is the descendant of a dethroned emperor and overthrown dynasty.
Wang Zhaojun Wang Qiang (王牆 also 王檣; 王嬙), more commonly known by her style name Wang Zhaojun (王昭君) was the consort of the Xiongnu shanyu Huhanye (呼韓邪). She is famed as one of the Four Beauties of ancient China.
Wang Zhenhe Wang Zhenhe (Wang Chen-ho, 王禎和) (1940-1990) is one of Taiwan's most famous writers. Wang's masterpiece is the comic novel Rose, Rose, I Love you(《玫瑰﹐玫瑰我愛你》), which is set in the coastal town of Hualien during the Vietnam War.
Wang Zhiwen Wang Zhiwen was born in Shanghai, China in on June 25th, 1966. He was selected by for his acting abilities at an early age and began to pursue a career in acting that has flourished in recent years, culminating in his role in Chen Kaige's Together (2003 film).
Wang Zuo Wang Zuo 王佐 (also Wang Yunhui 王雲輝 or Wang Yunfei 王雲飛), nicknamed Nandougu (南斗牯), (May 1898 - February 24, 1930) was a bandit chieftain who operated in the mountainous area of Jinggangshan in Jiangxi province, China. He later joined communist and collaborated with Mao Zedong, who arrived in the area in 1927, but this collaboration caused his life.
Wanganui Education Board Provinces were abolished in New Zealand and the Central Government took control and education. The Education Act 1877, New Zealand established twelve regional Education Boards, including this the Wanganui Education Board.
Wanganui River The Wanganui River is located in the western South Island of New Zealand. It flow northwest for 55 kilometres from its headwaters in the Southern Alps, entering the Tasman Sea near Lake Ianthe, 40 kilometres southwest of Hokitika.
Wangaratta Football Club The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wanagaratta Show Grounds complex
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950.
Wangaratta, Victoria Wangaratta is a cathedral city of about 19,000 people in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, about 230 km (150 mi) from Melbourne along the Hume Highway, with Benalla 45 km (25 mi) to the southwest, and Albury-Wodonga 72 km (40 mi) to the northeast. It is located at the junction of the Ovens and King rivers which flow from the Victorian Alps.
Wangdue Phodrang District Wangdue Phodrang (previously spelled Wangdi Phodrang) is a dzongkhag (district), of central Bhutan. This is also the name of the dzong (built in 1638) which dominates the district, and the name of the small market town outside the gates of the dzong.
Wangen an der Aare Wangen an der Aare is a municipality in the Bernese Upper Aargau, Switzerland famous for its historic town centre. This small town lies between Olten and Solothurn in rural surroundings on the Aare, a major river of the west-central lowland region of Switzerland, the Mittelland.
Wangfujing Wangfujing street (Simplified Chinese 王府井; Hanyu Pinyin: Wángfǔjǐng Dàjiē) in Beijing is one of the Chinese capital's most famous shopping streets. Much of the road is off-limits to cars and other motor vehicles, and it is not rare to see the entire street full of people, turned into one of China's most attractive and modern boulevards.
Wangfujing Department Store Wangfujing (王府井百货) is a Chinese department store based in Beijing. Through a joint venture with Japanese department store Ito-Yokado, Wangfujing Yokado opened China's first full-scale food supermarket.
Wangcheng Wangcheng County (Simplified Chinese: 望城县, Traditional Chinese: 望城縣; pinyin: wàng chéng xiàn) is a county of Changsha, the capital of Hunan province in China.Wangcheng has a population of 706500(2002 census).
Wangi Falls Wangi Falls are located in the Litchfield National Park in the Northern Territory of Australia. Accessed by sealed road, the falls are found near the western boundary of the park, 80km south of Darwin as the crow flies.
Wanhua Wanhua District (萬華區; Wade-Giles: Wan-hua; Hanyu Pinyin: Wànhúa; POJ: Báng-kah), popularly known as Bangka, is Taipei City's oldest district. The district is home to ancient buildings such as the Longshan Temple, which is Taipei's oldest temple, and the Red Playhouse, which is the first and largest teahouse playhouse in Taiwan.
Waning Moon (solitaire) Waning Moon is a solitaire card game played with two decks of playing cards. The name comes from the tableau that resembles a crescent moon and the fact that it "wanes" as more cards are played in the foundation.
Wanis Wanis specialises in the distribution of Afro-Caribbean foods and beverages from all parts of the Caribbean and Africa (in addition to which they have a host of other everyday food items). It is a company based in London, founded by the Wadhwani family, who emigrated to England from India in the 1950s.
Wanja Lundby-Wedin Wanja Elisabeth Lundby-Wedin (born 19 October 1952 in Enskede, Södermanland) has been the leader of the Swedish Trade Union Confederation ( or LO) since 2000. In this capacity she is also a member of the Executive of the Social Democratic Party.
Wanji The Wanji are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Makete District, in the Kipengere Mountains of Iringa Region in southern Tanzania. In 2003 the Wanji population was estimated to number 28,000 groups in Tanzania]
Wankas The Huancas or Wankas are a historic Quechua people living in what is presently the JunĂ­n region of Peru, in and around the Mantaro Valley. After fierce fighting, they were conquered by Pachacutec and incorporated into the Inca Empire.
Wankdorf Stadium The Wankdorf Stadium (German: Wankdorf Stadion) was a football stadium in the Wankdorf quarter of Bern, Switzerland, and the former home of Swiss club BSC Young Boys. It was built in 1925, and as well as serving as a club stadium, it hosted several important matches, including the 1954 FIFA World Cup final, the 1961 European Cup final, and the 1989 Cup Winners' Cup final.
Wankel engine The Wankel rotary engine is a type of internal combustion engine, invented by German engineer Felix Wankel, which uses a rotor instead of reciprocating pistons. This design delivers smooth high-rpm power from a compact, lightweight engine.
Wankers Corner, Oregon Wanker Corner (pronounced either "wohn-kers" or "waah-nkers") is the name of the intersection of Stafford Road with Borland Road, within the boundaries of Clackamas County, Oregon. Because this is not a recognized community, it has never had a post office established there, nor does it consistently appear on many maps of Oregon (although the AAA map of Oregon shows it in an inset).
Wanlip Wanlip is a village and civil parish in the Charnwood district of Leicestershire, with a population of about 150. It is a countryside village, north of Birstall, and west of Watermead Country Park and the River Soar.
Wanlockhead Wanlockhead is a village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland nestling in the Lowther Hills, which form part of the Southern Uplands. It is Scotland's highest village at 467m or 1531ft and the highest point of the Southern Upland Way, a walking trail that traditionally starts at Portpatrick on the west coast, in Dumfries & Galloway, and finishes some 212 miles or 341km away at Cockburnspath on the east coast, in the Scottish Borders.
Wanna Be a VJ Wanna Be a VJ was a show and contest on MTV. Contestants were selected from the crowd around MTV's Times Square office, and narrowed down via challenges testing the applicants' music knowledge and personality.
Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' "Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'" is a 1983 single released from Michael Jackson's multi-platinum selling 1982 album Thriller. It was the first track on the album, and the fourth song released as a single, following "The Girl Is Mine" (a duet with Paul McCartney), "Billie Jean", and "Beat It", the latter two songs having both achieved number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
Wannabe A wannabe (sometimes spelled wannabee) is a person who likes to imitate, or even wishes to be, another, but cannot achieve it due to physical, psychological, financial, cultural, political, religious, or mental limitations. The term, a contraction of "want to be," entered the popular consciousness in the mid-1980s.
Wannado City Wannado City is an indoor role-playing amusement center in the Sawgrass Mills Mall in Sunrise, Florida a suburb of Miami and Fort Lauderdale A second location in Bergen County, New Jersey at the future Meadowlands Xanadu, is scheduled to open by 2007. Billed as "where kids can do what they wannado," it is a child-sized representation of a metropolis where children aged 4-13 participate in different careers and other lifelike activities.
Wanniyala-Aetto The Wanniyala-Aetto, or "forest people", perhaps more commonly known as "Veddas" or "Veddahs" (transliteration of "වැද්දා" in Sinhala, IPA /væddaː/) are an indigenous people of Sri Lanka, an island nation in the Indian Ocean.
Wannsee The Wannsee is both a locality in the southwestern Berlin borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf, in Germany, and a linked pair of lakes adjoining the locality. Both lakes, the larger GroĂźer Wannsee (greater Wannsee) and the Kleiner Wannsee (little Wannsee), are located on the river Havel and are separated only by the Wannsee bridge.
Wannsee Conference The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on January 20, 1942. The purpose of the conference was to inform senior Nazis and senior Governmental administrators of plans for the "Final solution to the Jewish question" - the killing of all the 11 million Jews of Europe, a process now known as the Holocaust.
Wanpaku Ouji no Orochi Taiji Wanpaku Ôji no Orochi Taiji ( - literally "The Naughty Prince Slays the Giant Serpent") is an anime film produced by Toei Animation and released in Japan on March 24, 1963. English-dubbed versions were released under several titles, including The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon, Prince in Wonderland and Rainbow Bridge.
Wanpaoshan Incident The Wanpaoshan Incident that occurred prior to the Mukden Incident at Wanpaoshan, a small village located some 18 miles north of Changchun, in Manchuria. The village is located in a low marshy area alongside the Itung River.
Wanquan River Wanquan River (Chinese: 万泉河，literally "ten-thousand-spring river") is the third longest river in Hainan Island, and is 162 km long. It rises in the Five-Finger Mountain, and flows generally northeast turbulently in a narrow route through moutainous regions.
Wansdyke (district) Wansdyke was a non-metropolitan district within the County of Avon, in the west of England. The district was created on April 1, 1974, from Keynsham and Norton-Radstock urban districts along with Bathavon Rural District and part of Clutton Rural District.
Wansdyke (earthwork) Wansdyke (from Woden's Dyke) is an early mediaeval defensive linear earthwork in the West Country of England, consisting of a ditch and a running embankment from the spoil. It runs from Maes Knoll, a hillfort close to Norton Malreward, in the Chew Valley south of Bristol, to the Savernake Forest near Marlborough in Wiltshire.
Wansford, East Riding of Yorkshire Wansford is a village in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, it forms part of the civil parish of Skerne and Wansford. It is situated on the B1249 road and just to the north of the River Hull and the Driffield Canal.
Wanstead Flats Wanstead Flats is the southern-most portion of Epping Forest in east London. It is surrounded by the heavily built-up areas of Leytonstone to the west, Wanstead to the north, Manor Park and Forest Gate to the south, and Ilford to the east.
Wanstead Park Wanstead Park is located in the London Borough of Redbridge, near to Wanstead. It is surrounded by the Aldersbrook Estate and City of London Cemetery to the south, the River Roding to the east, the Wanstead Golf Club to the north and Blake Hall Road to the west.
Want list In stamp collecting, a want list is simply a list of postage stamps that the collector is seeking to acquire. They are the major tool by which collectors organize the construction of a collection, and stamp dealers frequently advertise to collectors to "send us your want lists".
Wantabadgery, New South Wales Wantabadgery is a village community in the central eastern part of the Riverina and situated about 35 kilometres east from Wagga Wagga and 19 kilometres west from Nangus. It has a population within a 7 kilometre radius of approximately 530 people.
Wantage Wantage is a town and civil parish in the Vale of the White Horse, near the Thames Valley, in the English county of Oxfordshire (formerly in Berkshire). It is most famous for being the birthplace of King Alfred the Great.
Wantage Hall Wantage Hall, built 1908, is the oldest hall of residence of the University of Reading, it is beleived to be the first purpose built hall outside Oxford and Cambridge. The hall was donated by Lady Harriet Wantage in memory of her husband Lord Wantage.
Wantagh State Parkway [Pkwy Shield.svg|100px|right|Wantagh State Parkway]The Wantagh State Parkway is a parkway on Long Island, New York that links the Ocean Parkway at Jones Beach State Park with the Northern State Parkway in Westbury.
Wanted (TV series) Wanted was a 2005 primetime police drama television series broadcast on the TNT network. It starred Gary Cole as Lieutenant Conrad Rose, Ryan Hurst as ATF Field Agent Jimmy McGloin, and Josey Scott as Officer Rodney Gronbeck.
Wanted poster A wanted poster is a poster put up to let the public know of a criminal whom authorities wish to apprehend. They will generally include either a picture of the criminal himself when a photograph is available, or of a facial composite image produced by a police artist.
Wanted: Dead or Alive Wanted: Dead or Alive was an American Western television show that ran for three seasons from 1958 to 1961, starred unconventional-looking leading man Steve McQueen, and was a spin-off of Trackdown (1957), a western TV series featuring Robert Culp. McQueen played bounty hunter Josh Randall.
Wanted: Dead or Alive (album) Wanted: Dead or Alive is a 1990 (see 1990 in music) album by the hip hop duo Kool G Rap & DJ Polo. It is widely regarded as one of the most influential rap albums of the 1990's, and an indefinite classic status.
Wantirna South Football Club The Wantirna South Football Club was formed in 1952 and is based at Walker Reserve which is located at Tyner Road in Wantirna South. The club until the completion of the 1997 season were known as the South Wantirna Football Club, but due to the amalgamation with the Wantirna Football Club (which was a junior club) the name was decided upon Wantirna South Football Club.
Wanton mee Wanton mee or Wantan mee (Chinese: 云吞面) is a Cantonese noodle dish which is popular in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. The dish is usually served in hot soup or dry stir in black soya sauce or Oyster sauce, garnished with leafy vegetables, Char Siew (roasted barbecued pork meat slices), and together with wanton in a separate bowl.
Wantsum Channel The Wantsum Channel is the name given to a now silted-up watercourse in the English county of Kent. The "River" Wantsum is now little more than a drainage ditch flowing from Reculver to the River Stour.
Wanya Morris Wanya Jermaine Morris (born July 29 1973, in Philadelphia) is an African-American R&B singer, best known as the leader of the popular R&B group Boyz II Men. Outside of the group, he has collaborated with a number of other artists, including Brandy Norwood, whom Morris once dated.
Wanyan Xiyin Wanyan Xiyin was a Manchurian scribe ordered by the Jurchen chieftain, Wanyan Aguda (later the Emperor Taizu), to create the Jurchen script for administrative purposes in 1119 or 1120. He based it on Chinese characters and the Liao script.
Wanzai County Wanzai County (simplified Chinese: 万载，Pinyin: wànzài ) is a county of Yichun in the Chinese province of Jiangxi. The name Wanzai literally means "10,000 loads" and is most likely related to its past importance as a center of trade.
Wanzhou District Wanzhou District (), formerly Wanxian or Wan County () is a district of Chongqing Municipality of the People's Republic of China. The urban area of Wanzhou, located in the northern part of the district and on the upper reaches of the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River, is 228 km away from downtown Chongqing.
Wapack Trail The Wapack Trail is one of the oldest public, interstate hiking trails in the United States. Opened in 1923, it runs north-south for 21 miles, between Mount Watatic in Ashburnham, Massachusetts and North Pack Monadnock mountain in Greenfield, New Hampshire.
Wapama Falls Wapama Falls is the larger of two waterfalls located on the northern wall of Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, at . Arguably the most powerful waterfall in Yosemite National Park, it flows almost year-round and during peak flow has been known to inundate the trail bridge crossing it, making the falls impossible to pass during peak flow.
Wapedia Wapedia is a website that brings the contents of Wikipedia to mobile devices like mobile phones and PDAs. It offers the recent version of every article, which is done by using a combination of a proxy-like behavior and a local article database.
Wapenshaw A wapenshaw (from the Old English for "weapon show") was originally a gathering and review of troops formerly held in every district in Scotland. The object was to satisfy the military chiefs that the arms of their retainers were in good condition and that the men were properly trained in their use.

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