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Warwick Records Warwick Records,was established in 1959 with Morty Craft as president.Early labels were maroon with silver print and then became red with black print The first 150 or so releases bore the text "A Division of United Telefilm Records,Inc" until somewhere in 1961 this changed to show the company as part of Seven-Arts Record Productions Warwick filed for bankruptcy in 1962.
Warwick River (Virginia) The Warwick River is a short tidal estuary which empties into the James River a few miles from Hampton Roads at the southern end of Chesapeake Bay in southeast Virginia in the United States. It flows southeasterly across about 2/3 of the Virginia Peninsula and is almost entirely located in the City of Newport News.
Warwick River Shire Warwick River Shire was one of eight shires created in colonial Virginia in 1634. It was located on the Virginia Peninsula on the northern shore of the James River between Hampton Roads and the Jamestown Settlement.
Warwick Road, Perth Warwick Road is an arterial east-west road located in the northern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia. It was built in 1969 to service the Shire of Wanneroo parts of the Hamersley Development Scheme, which was later split into the suburbs of Duncraig, Warwick and Greenwood.
Warwick Todd [Todd is a fictional character created by author and comedian Tom Gleisner]. Todd is the author of three fictional [[cricket diaries: The Warwick Todd Diaries (1997), Warwick Todd: Back in the Baggy Green (1998) and Warwick Todd Goes the Tonk (2001).
Warwick Trading Company The Warwick Trading Company was formed in 1898 out of the British branch of the American firm Maguire and Baucus. It was the leading film producer in Britain at the turn of the century, specialising in actuality, travel and reportage.
Warwick Veterans High School Warwick Veterans High School (also known as Warwick Veterans Memorial High School, WVMHS, or Vets) is a 9-12th grade secondary school in Warwick, Rhode Island. The school is two stories high and features eight wings of classes, mainly divided by subject (A, B, C, D, "E" F, G, and 900 wing).
Warwick Wolves The Warwick Wolves are a member of the British Collegiate American Football League (BCAFL)'s Southern Conference-Central Division. The Warwick Wolves, despite being one of the Southern Conference's longtime members, have only enjoyed five winning seasons of a possible seventeen and only three trips to the playoffs.
Warwick Wright Warwick Birrell Wright (born June 2, 1946 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a former field hockey player from New Zealand, who was a member of the national men's team that finished ninth at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich after a win against Belgium in the ninth place match.
Warwick, Virginia (Chesterfield County) Warwick was an unincorporated town in Chesterfield County, Virginia at the northwestern quadrant of the location where a local tributary, Falling Creek, has its confluence with the navigable portion of the James River about 6 miles south of Richmond, Virginia (and east of the fall line).
Warwickshire (UK Parliament constituency) Warwickshire was a parliamentary constituency in the Warwickshire in England. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Warwickshire County Cricket Club Warwickshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Warwickshire. Its limited overs team is called the Warwickshire Bears.
Warwickshire County Record Office Warwickshire County Record Office is located in Warwick in England. It collects, preserves and makes available records relating to the history of Warwickshire and its people dating from the early 12th to the 21st century.
Warwickshire Cricket League The Warwickshire Cricket League is the biggest cricket league for clubs in Warwickshire. Its origins go back to 1989, and since 1998 it has acted as a feeder league to the Birmingham and District Premier League.
Warwickshire GAA The Warwickshire County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (or Warwickshire GAA) is one of the county boards of the GAA in Great Britain, and is responsible for Gaelic Games in Warwickshire. The county board is also responsible for the Warwickshire inter-county football, hurling, camogie and ladies football teams.
Warwickshire ring The Warwickshire ring is a connected series of canals forming a circuit around the West Midlands area of the United Kingdom. The ring is formed from the Coventry Canal, the Oxford Canal, the Grand Union Canal, the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal and the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal.
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust The Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is a wildlife trust covering the county of Warwickshire plus the Sutton Coldfield area of Birmingham, Solihull and Coventry (all formerly in Warwickshire and now in the West Midlands county), England.
Warwoman Dell Warwoman Dell is a wooded valley or dell located east of Clayon, Georgia in Rabun County. Warwoman Dell and the Warwoman Creek, which flows through the valley, are named after a woman that the Cherokee called “warwoman.
Warworld Warworld was a fictional artificial planet featured in several DC Comics stories. It first appeared in a three-part story that ran in DC Comics Presents #27 to #29, by writer Len Wein and writer/artist Jim Starlin.
Warzone (game) Warzone is a tabletop miniature wargame based on the Mutant Chronicles universe and role-playing game. It features squad-based combat at a skirmish level, although vehicles and large models were introduced in later supplements to the main rule book.
Warzone 2100 Warzone 2100 is a real-time strategy and real-time tactics hybrid computer game, developed by Pumpkin Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. Although comparable to Earth 2150 in many significant respects, it does contain certain unique aspects, which include various radar technologies, a greater focus on artillery and counter-battery technology, more frequent in-game cinematic updates as gameplay progresses, as well as a different vehicle design method.
Was-leveling Was-leveling is the use of the word "was" in places where standard English has "were", occurring in some nonstandard dialects of English, such as African American Vernacular English. This feature is widely stigmatized as being a solecism.
Wasa Line Wasa Line (earlier Oy Vaasa-UmeĂĄ Ab and Vaasanlaivat/VasabĂĄtarna) was a Finnish shipping company, established in 1948 and ceased trading when merged into Silja Line in 1993. It was concerned with ferry traffic between Finland and Sweden across the Gulf of Bothnia.
Wasabi Wasabi (, (originally written ) ; Wasabia japonica, Cochlearia wasabi, or Eutrema japonica) is a member of the cabbage family. Known as Japanese horseradish, its root is used as a spice and has an extremely strong flavor.
Wasabi (film) Wasabi is a 2001 movie directed by GĂ©rard Krawczyk, written and produced by Luc Besson and starring Jean Reno and Ryoko Hirosue. In France it was released as Wasabi, la petite moutarde qui monte au nez ("Wasabi, the little mustard that gets right up your nose").
Wasabi (software) Wasabi is a "mostly open source" cross-platform application framework and skinnable GUI toolkit. It was developed as the framework for Winamp3, but designed to be flexible and extensible enough to be useful for other programs.
Wasabröd The Swedish company Wasabröd is the largest producer in the world of Scandinavian style crisp bread (Swedish: knäckebröd, Finnish: näkkileipä, Norwegian: Knekkebrød). The Wasabröd company has been in business since 1919, opening its first bakery in the city of Skellefteå.
Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run Held annually on the first Saturday after Labor Day, the Wasatch Front 100 Mile Endurance Run (Wasatch), along with the Western States Endurance Run, the Vermont 100 Mile Endurance Run, and the Leadville Trail 100, is one of the four original 100 mile (162 km) ultramarathons of the modern era. The slogan of the Wasatch Run is One Hundred Miles of Heaven and Hell.
Wasatch Range The Wasatch Range is a mountain range that stretches about 160 miles from the Utah- Idaho border, south through central Utah in the western United States. It is generally considered the western edge of the greater Rocky Mountains, and the eastern edge of the Great Basin region.
Wasaya Airways Wasaya Airways is a 100% First Nations owned domestic airline based in Northern Ontario. Established in 1989, the name Wasaya comes from the aboriginal language Oji-Cree which means "Rising Sun" in English.
Wasdale Head Wasdale Head is a small village in the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. The village claims to be home of the highest mountain (Scafell Pike), deepest lake (Wastwater), smallest church and biggest liar in England.
Waseda University Library Waseda University (早稲田大学 Waseda Daigaku; often abbreviated as 早大 Sōdai for short) is one of the two most prestigious private universities in Japan (the other is Keio University). It is also one of the Tokyo 6 Universities Alliance.
Waseda University Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum Commonly known as "enpaku," the Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum of Waseda University is a university museum devoted to the history of drama with facilities used for cultural performances from all over the world, named for Tsubouchi ShĹŤyĹŤ, a writer famously known for his work with theater and translation of the collected works of Shakespeare into Japanese.
Waseem Ahmad Waseem Ahmad (born 10 April 1977, Vehari) is a Pakistan field hockey player and x- captain. He is regarded as one of the best left halfs in the world, and became the most capped midfielder and second most capped player (after Shahbaz Ahmad) for Pakistan.
Waseem Kayani Waseem Kayani (born 28 April 1977) is one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom, and one of the nineteen whose accounts were frozen by the Bank of England.
Wasei-eigo are Japanese pseudo-Anglicisms: English constructions not in use in Anglophone countries nor by English native speakers, but only by speakers of Japanese. A more general term for made-in-Japan foreign words is wasei-gairaigo, which usually applies to words made from European languages.
Waseley Hills High School and Sixth Form Centre Waseley Hills High School and Sixth Form Centre is a high and further education school on the border of Worcester and Birmingham. It is located at the base of the Waseley Hills Country Park in the village of Rubery.
Wasfi al-Tal Wasfi al-Tal (also Wasfi Tel) (1919 - November 28, 1971) (Arabic: وصفي التل) was prime minister of Jordan for several terms. He was assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
Wash sale Wash Sale is a sale of a security (stock, bonds, options) at a loss and repurchase of the same or substantially identical stock 30 days before or after the sale, for which the capital loss is disallowed for tax deduction. Since the taxpayer is in the same economic position before and after the sale, the loss is not recognized for tax purposes.
Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand Wash This Blood Clean From My Hand is a forthcoming crime-novel by French author Fred Vargas, originally published in France in 2004. The novel is part of her internationally popular Commissaire Adamsberg series.
Wash Woods, Virginia Wash Woods was a now extinct unincorporated town located on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean in the extreme southeastern corner of Virginia in the current False Cape State Park in the independent city of Virginia Beach.
Washboard A washboard is a tool designed for hand washing clothing. With mechanized cleaning of clothing becoming more common by the end of the 20th century, the washboard has become better known for its originally subsidiary use as a musical instrument.
Washburn Guitars Washburn (full name: Washburn Guitars) was established in 1883 in Chicago, Illinois. Washburn is known for many innovations in guitar building and marketing: for example, it was the first guitar manufacturer to use artist endorsements and build a large-bodied acoustic guitar.
Washburn Tunnel The Washburn Tunnel is a two-lane underwater motor-vehicle tunnel connecting Galena Park and Pasadena, two suburbs of Houston, Texas. Completed in 1950, it travels underneath the Houston Ship Channel, a deep-water shipping route connecting the Port of Houston with Galveston Bay.
Washburn University Washburn University, located in Topeka, Kansas, provides broadly-based liberal arts and professional education through more than 200 certificate, associate, baccalaureate, master’s and juris doctor programs through the College of Arts and Sciences and the Schools of Law, Business, Nursing and Applied Studies.
Washday at the pa Washday at the pa is the controversial 1964 non-fiction book by Ans Westra that showed a day in the lives of 'a rural Māori family with nine children', originally published by the then School Publications Branch of the Department of Education, and printed by the Government Printer. It was withdrawn after concerns voiced by the Māori Women's Welfare League that it [1] would have a 'detrimental effect' on Māori people, and [2] for any Māori, the living conditions were atypical.
Washdown Washdown (also wash down) is the process of high-pressure cleaning with water and/or chemicals in industries such as food and beverage and pharmaceuticals. A washdown is usually a manual operation and is designed to kill bacteria and other micro-organisms.
Washed Up and Through the Ringer Washed Up and Through the Ringer, originally titled Washed Out, represents a particularly complicated point in Catch 22's history. Vocalist Jeff Davidson left the band in early 2001, leading the remaining band members to carry out a very public search for a replacement vocalist, going so far as to post an open call for would-be singers on the band's website.
Washermanpet Washermanpet (Vannarapettai in Tamil) is a suburb of Chennai, in North Madras. The name comes from the fact that it used to be the washermen's enclave in Madras and where many of the city's dhobi ghats used to be located.
Washi Washi (ĺ’Śç´™) or Wagami is a type of paper made in Japan. Washi is commonly made using fibers from the bark of the gampi tree, the mitsumata shrub (Edgeworthia papyrifera), or the paper mulberry but also can be made using bamboo, hemp, rice, and wheat.
Washington & Jefferson College Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college located in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area, in the city of Washington, Pennsylvania. The college has an enrollment of approximately 1,355 students in the 05-06 academic year.
Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park or the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail (sometimes abbreviated W&OD Trail or W&OD and often referred to simply as "the WOD" (pronounced "wad")) is a highly popular and unusually-shaped regional park in Northern Virginia. The primary feature of the park is a paved rail trail that runs through densely populated urban and suburban communities on top of the former Washington and Old Dominion Railroad road bed.
Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University is a private liberal arts college in Lexington, Virginia, located adjacent to (but not affiliated with) Virginia Military Institute. One of the most selective liberal arts colleges in the country, it is known for its academic rigor, curricular breadth, strong traditions, and excellence in Division III athletics.
Washington and Old Dominion Railroad The Washington and Old Dominion Railroad (colloquially referred to as the W&OD) was an intrastate short-line railroad located in Northern Virginia. Its oldest line extended from Alexandria on the Potomac River northwest to Bluemont at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains near Snickers Gap, not far from the boundary line between Virginia and West Virginia.
Washington and Sunderland West (UK Parliament constituency) Washington and Sunderland West will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.
Washington Agreement In March and May 1994, a peace agreement was mediated between the warring Bosnian Croats and the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and signed in Washington and Vienna. The Washington Agreement created the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Washington Assessment of Student Learning The Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) is a standards-based assessment (not to be confused with a standardized test) which is one of a number of high school graduation examinations adopted by many states as part of the standards-based education reform movement.
Washington Avenue Armory The Washington Avenue Armory, officially known as the Washington Avenue Armory Sports and Convention Arena, is a multi-purpose arena in Albany, New York. It is the home of the Albany Patroons basketball teams of the Continental Basketball Association (the headquarters of which are located inside the Armory) and the United States Basketball League.
Washington Ballet The Washington Ballet is one of the premiere ballet companies in the United States. The company is an outgrowth of the Washington School of Ballet, which was founded in 1944 by Mary Day, a pioneer in American dance.
Washington Bartlett Washington Montgomery Bartlett (February 29, 1824 – September 12, 1887) was Mayor of San Francisco, California from 1883–1887 and was California's only Jewish governor. His term started and ended in 1887 because he died in office of natural causes.
Washington Boulevard (Los Angeles) Washington Boulevard is the longest continuous east-west arterial road in Los Angeles, California. It starts by the Pacific Ocean on Pacific Avenue in Marina del Rey, and ends far to the east in the city of Whittier, on Whittier Boulevard.
Washington Bridge The Washington Bridge carries six lanes of traffic (plus sidewalks on both sides) over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx, connecting 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan to University Avenue in the Bronx. Ramps at either end of the bridge connect to the Trans-Manhattan Expressway and the Cross-Bronx Expressway.
Washington Bullets (song) "Washington Bullets" is a song from The Clash's 1980 album Sandinista!. A politically charged song, it is a simplified version of Latin American history from the 1959 Cuban Revolution to the Nicaraguan Sandinistas of the 1980s, with mention of the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Dalai Lama, and Victor Jara.
Washington Business Journal The Washington Business Journal is part of Bizjournals, a division of American City Business Journals, the largest publisher of metropolitan business newspapers in the United States. The Washington Business Journal is a frequent reference source for individuals reviewing companies in the Washington, DC area, due to its archives that go several years back.
Washington Catholic Athletic Conference The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference or WCAC is a high school athletic league for boys, girls, and co-ed Catholic high schools located around and in Washington, DC, USA. It is known as one of the premier high school basketball conferences in the country.
Washington Civil War Association The Washington Civil War Association is one of the more prominent American Civil War Living History orginizations in the West. There were no battles in Washington involved with the Civil War, but this does not stop the orginization's 700 plus members from joining in several battles, quite like those that might have been fought on Virginian soil.
Washington College of Law The American University Washington College of Law (WCL) was founded in 1896 as the culmination of the pioneering efforts of two women, Ellen Spencer Mussey and Emma Gillett, who wished to open the field of law to women. Their efforts yielded the Washington College of Law, the first women's law school in the world to be founded by women, the first to have a female dean, and the first to generate an all-female law class.
Washington Color School A visual-art movement of the 1960s, the Washington Color School was originally a group of painters who showed works in the "Washington Color Painters" exhibit at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in Washington, DC from June 25-September 5, 1965. The exhibition subsequently traveled to several other venues in the United States, including the Walker Art Center.
Washington Community and Technical Colleges The Washington Community and Technical Colleges system consists of 32 public, two-year institutions of higher education which specialize in vocational, technical, worker retraining, and university transfer programs. Most of the member colleges award Associate degrees and Certificates, although some also offer specialized Bachelor degrees.
Washington Consensus The Washington Consensus is a phrase initially coined in the early 1990s to describe a relatively specific set of ten macroeconomic policy prescriptions that were considered by the phrase's originator to constitute a "standard" reform package promoted for crisis-wracked countries by Washington-based institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and U.S.
Washington Conservation Corps The Washington Conservation Corps (WCC) is a subagency of the Washington State Department of Ecology. It employs men and women 18 to 25 years old in an outreach program to protect and enhance Washington's natural resources.
Washington County Commuter Express Washington County Commuter Express is a contracted transportation service that provides service between Milwaukee and Washington counties. WCCE, which is a partner in the Southeast Wisconsin Transit Systems, is funded by Washington County and operated by Riteway Transportation in Richfield, Wisconsin.
Washington County Jail and Sheriff's Residence The old Washington County Jail and Sheriff's Residence is within the Salem Downtown Historic District of Salem, Indiana, a half block south of the courthouse square. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
Washington County, D.C. The County of Washington is one of the five political entities contained within the geographic region comprising what was originally the 100-square-mile District of Columbia. These were the City of Alexandria, the County of Alexandria, Georgetown, the City of Washington, and the County of Washington.
Washington Crossing Bridge Washington Crossing Bridge (technically named the Washington Crossing Toll Supported Bridge) is a is a truss bridge spanning the Delaware River, connecting Titusville, Hopewell Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, with Washington Crossing, Upper Makefield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The bridge is owned and operated by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission.
Washington Crossing Historic Park Washington Crossing Historic Park is a 500 acre (2 km²) site operated by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. It is headquartered in the village of Washington Crossing located in Upper Makefield Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Washington Crossing the Delaware Washington Crossing the Delaware is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting by Emanuel Leutze. It is in commemoration of Washington's crossing of the Delaware on December 25, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War, the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces at Trenton, New Jersey in the Battle of Trenton.
Washington Crossing the Delaware (sonnet) Washington Crossing the Delaware is a sonnet that was written in 1936 by David Shulman. The title and subject of the poem refer to the scene in the painting Washington Crossing the Delaware by Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze.
Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania, is a small village located in Upper Makefield Township, Pennsylvania. Formerly known as "Taylorsville," it is most famous for Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on Christmas of 1776 during the American Revolutionary War.
Washington Crown Center Washington Crown Center (formerly Franklin Mall) is a regional enclosed shopping mall in North Franklin Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, just outside the city of Washington and south of Pittsburgh. The mall is anchored by Sears, Macy's (formerly Kaufmann's), Bon-Ton (formerly Troutman's, then Pomeroy's), and Gander Mountain (formerly Hills, then Ames) as well as a 14-screen Hollywood Theater.
Washington Cucurto Santiago Vega (born in 1973 in Quilmes, Provincia de Buenos Aires), better known as Washington Cucurto, is an Argentine writer. His novel Cosa de Negros (Nigga Shit) has made him a cult author, especially among young readers.
Washington DC City Pages Washington DC City Pages, usually referred to as DCpages, is an online community network founded in 1994. DCpages introduced the concept of online community publications in the Washington DC metropolitan area, and celebrated its 10th anniversary on January 1, 2004.
Washington Department of Ecology The Washington Department of Ecology, or simply, Ecology, is an environmental regulatory agency for the State of Washington. The department administers laws and regulations pertaining to the areas of water quality, water rights and water resources, shoreline management, toxics clean-up, nuclear waste, hazardous waste and air quality.
Washington Freedom The Washington Freedom was one of the eight professional soccer teams that played in the Women's United Soccer Association from 2001 to 2003. The team won the WUSA Founders Cup III in their final year, shortly before the league announced on September 15, 2003, that it was suspending operations.
Washington gubernatorial election, 1996 The state of Washington holds its gubernatorial elections every four years, concurrently with United States presidential elections. The 1996 gubernatorial election was especially significant in that it resulted in Washington electing the first Asian American governor in the United States, Democrat Gary Locke.
Washington gubernatorial election, 2008 The Washington gubernatorial election, 2008 is an election for the Governor of Washington and will be held on November 4, 2008. The current governor, Christine Gregoire, won the 2004 election after a third recount and a lengthy court battle, and will likely face a strong challenger in 2008.
Washington Gallery of Modern Art The Washington Gallery of Modern Art was a short-lived gallery promoting contemporary art in Washington DC, during the 1960s. Its collection of 153 works was purchased by the Oklahoma City Museum of Art in 1968 for $110,000.
Washington Generals The Washington Generals were the mainstay opponent of the well-known Harlem Globetrotters for years, but were best known for their spectacular losing streak in fixed exhibition games. Founded in 1953 by former NBA point guard Louis "Red" Klotz, the Generals' only win came in a 1971 game against the Globetrotters, with Klotz scoring the winning basket.
Washington Gladden Washington Gladden (February 11, 1836 - July 2, 1918) was a leading American Congregational church pastor and early leader of the Social Gospel movement. He was a leading member of the Progressive Movement, serving for two years as a member of the Columbus and campaigning against Boss Tweed as acting editor of the New York Independent.
Washington Go Go Sound Attack Volume 2 Washington Go Go Sound Attack Volume 2, like Volume 1, is an early compilation of go go music published by Stop and Go Music and is available from BCM Records GMBH in Germany. The track listing reads like a who's who list of go go musicians and groups.
Washington Group International Washington Group International provides integrated engineering, construction and management services to businesses and governments around the world. Based in Boise, Idaho, it has approximately 25,000 employees working in over 40 states and more than 30 countries.
Washington Heights (film) Washington Heights is a 2003 Lions Gate film directed by Alfredo De Villa and starring Manny Perez and Tomas Milian. It concerns a young comic book artist and his struggle to deal with his father's paralysis following a robbery of his shop in the Washington Heights neighborhood of New York City.
Washington Heights, Chicago Washington Heights, one of the 77 official community areas, is located on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois, loosely bordered in the south by 107th street, the north by 89th street, the west by Beverly Avenue and the East by Eggleston Avenue. It was once a bedroom community of German and Irish families whose immigration to the Midwestern United States began circa 1880.
Washington Heights, Manhattan Washington Heights is a New York City neighborhood in the northern reaches of the borough of Manhattan. It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed by Continental Army troops during the American Revolutionary War at the highest point on Manhattan island to defend the area from the British forces.
Washington Heritage Trail The Washington Heritage Trail is a 127-mile self-guided driving trail through the easternmost counties of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle: Berkeley, Jefferson, and Morgan. The trail forms a loop through the three counties and traces the footsteps of George Washington and the marks his family left in the Eastern Panhandle.
Washington High School (Sioux Falls) Washington High School is a high school located in Sioux Falls, South Dakota with an enrollment of approximately 2,000 students. Washington High was included in Newsweek's online edition of the top 1,200 best high schools in America, ranking at 1,171 below Lincoln High School (Sioux Falls) (at 1,027) and Roosevelt High School (Sioux Falls) (at 926).
Washington High School (Wisconsin) Washington High School is a magnet high school located in the Sherman Park neighborhood on the North Side of Milwaukee. It is one of the oldest schools in the Milwaukee Public Schools system and noted for its successful uses of technology (especially computers) by teachers and students.
Washington Homeschool Organization The Washington Homeschool Organization (WHO) is a homeschool group located in the state of Washington, USA. WHO is a non-profit organization with a bimonthly newsletter detailing local homeschooling news for its approximately 500 members.
Washington House Bill 2661 Washington State House Bill 2661, a ban on employment and housing discrimination against LGBT individuals, passed by the Washington State Legislature on January 27, 2006, and was signed into law by Governor Christine Gregoire four days later. The bill went into effect on June 8, 2006.
Washington Hunt Washington Hunt (1811 – February 2, 1867) was a judge in Niagara County and served as a congressman. He was elected governor of New York as a Whig in 1850, but was defeated for re-election by Horatio Seymour in 1852.

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