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Walk Like a Man (song) "Walk Like a Man" is a song written by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio and originally recorded by The Four Seasons. It was their third consecutive number one hit, initially reaching the top of the Billboard Hot 100 on March 2, 1963.
Walk of Life Walk of Life is the second album by pop singer Billie Piper, released in 2000. Piper's second album did not match the multi-platinum début in terms of album sales despite producing three Top 30 singles - "Day and Night" went to #1 and "Something Deep Inside" peaking at #4 and "Walk of Life" finishing at #24 on the UK charts.
Walk of shame The walk of shame refers to any phenomenon in which a person has to take a walk in front of strangers or peers for an embarassing reason before reaching a place of privacy away from judging eyes. Most commonly, it occurs the morning after a night out.
Walk of the People - A Pilgrimage for Life The Walk of the People - A Pilgrimage for Life was a walking event organized by peace activists Dale James Outhouse and Pamela Blockey O'Brien to bring attention to the perils of impending nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union. The walk started on March 1, 1984 in Point Conception, California, and traversed 7,000 miles, ending in Moscow, Russia on December, 1985.
Walk on the Wild Side (long) A Walk on the Wild Side is a 1956 novel by Nelson Algren, best known today by way of a 1962 film of essentially the same name directed by Edward Dmytryk. Despite Walk on the Wild Side's scandalous story, its title song has become something of a gospel standard.
Walk the Angry Beach Walk the Angry Beach, also known as Hollywood After Dark and The Unholy Choice, was a 1968 film starring Rue McClanahan as a young actress who attempts to start a movie career, but ends up being exploited by the industry and becomes a stripper.
Walk the Line Walk the Line is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning film chronicling the life of Johnny Cash, American country singer. The film focuses on his younger life, his romance with June Carter and his ascent to the country music scene, with material taken from his autobiographies.
Walk the Line (album) Walk the Line is a 1992 album released by former Supremes member Mary Wilson on the independent CEO label. Wilson's first solo album since the poor performance of Wilson's debut album in 1979 and after failed attempts on the Atlantic and Boardwalk labels.
Walk the Walk Walk the Walk is an exploitation film presented by Kroger Babb. Released by Babb's Hallmark Productions company, it was written and directed by Jac Zacha and told the story of a young African-American man battling addiction to alcohol and heroin.
Walk to Canossa The Walk to Canossa (sometimes called the Way to Canossa; German, Gang nach Canossa; Italian, l'umiliazione di Canossa) refers to both the trek itself of Henry IV of the Holy Roman Empire to the fortress at Canossa and also to the events surrounding his journey. These events took place in and around January 1077.
Walk-in Walk-in is an ancient concept first described in Hinduism whose modern name originated in the Spiritualist faith and was popularised by the related, but not identical New Age movements and beliefs. A walk-in is thought to be a person whose original soul has departed his or her body and been replaced with a new soul.
Walk-in agent A walk-in agent is an individual who voluntarily offers to conduct espionage. Specifically, a "walk-in" is an agent or a mole of a government who literally walks into an embassy or intelligence agency without prior contact or recruitment.
Walk-off home run In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run which ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the final inning of the game — either the ninth inning, any extra inning, or any other regularly-scheduled final inning.
Walk-on The term walk-on is used in sports, particularly American college athletics, to describe an athlete who becomes part of a team without being actively recruited beforehand or awarded an athletic scholarship. This results in the differentiation between "walk-on" players and "scholarship" players.
Walk-to-strikeout ratio In baseball statistics, walk-to-strikeout ratio (BB/K) is a measure of plate discipline and great knowledge of the strike zone. Generally, a hitter must exhibit enough patience at the plate to not swing at bad pitches and take a base on balls, but he must also have the ability to not miss good pitches and strikeout.
Walkalong glider A walkalong glider is a light weight slow flying model aircraft designed to be kept aloft by slope soaring in the lift generated by a paddle held by the pilot who walks along with the glider as it flies. This type of slope soaring differs from other types of slope soaring in that the orographic lift (or "hill") is following the plane as it flies in the air and thus no other wind is required.
Walkara Chief Colorow Ignacio Ouray Walkara (aka Wakara or Walker) (ca. 1808 - 1855) was a leader of a Ute Timpanogo band, with a reputation as a diplomat, horseman and warrior, and a military leader in the Walker War.
Walkaround A walkaround (also spelled walk-around or walk around, or called a horay) was a dance from the blackface minstrel shows of the 19th century. The walkaround began in the 1840s as a dance for one performer, but by the 1850s, many dancers or the entire troupe participated.
Walkaround (boat) A Walkaround boat is a cross between a center console and a cuddy. Like a center console boat, it is mostly used for fishing and has a full length primary deck or cockpit but also has a small cabin (cuddy) for berths and a head in the center of the boat in front of the console.
Walkathon A walkathon (walk-a-thon), or walking marathon is a type of fundraiser where participants raise money by collecting donations or pledges for walking a predetermined distance or course. They are similar in format to other activity based fundraising events such as marathons and cycling races, but are usually non-competitive and low intensity.
Walkaway, Western Australia Walkaway - a corruption of the native "Wagga wah" - referring to the bend in the nearby Greenough River, was the name given to the railway station when a line was built from Geraldton in 1887. In 1894 it was linked with Midland Junction by the building of a private line - that of the Midland Railway Coy.
Walker (film) Walker is a 1987 motion picture by British director Alex Cox based on the life story of William Walker, the American adventurer who invaded Mexico in the 1850s and made himself President of Nicaragua shortly thereafter.
Walker (machine) A walker is a vehicle that moves on legs rather than wheels or tracks. Walkers have been constructed with anywhere from one to over eight legs; common configurations are one leg Pogo stick (hopper), two legs (biped), four legs (quadruped) and six legs (hexapod).
Walker (tool) A walker is a tool for disabled people who need additional support to maintain balance or stability while walking. It consists of a frame that is about waist high, approximately twelve inches deep and slightly wider than the user.
Walker Air Force Base Walker Air Force Base, also known as Roswell Army Air Field, is a former United States Air Force Base, located 8 miles south of Roswell, New Mexico. During its operational life, Walker AFB was the largest Strategic Air Command base in the United States.
Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It was founded in 1879 by lumberman Thomas Barlow Walker and was formally established at its current location in 1927 as the first public art gallery in the Upper Midwest.
Walker Art Gallery The Walker is the major art gallery of Liverpool, which houses one of the largest art collections in England, outside of London, causing some to refer to it as "the National Gallery of the North". Designed by local architects Cornelius Sherlock and H.
Walker circulation The Walker circulation is an atmospheric circulation of air at the equatorial Pacific Ocean, responsible for creating ocean upwelling off the coasts of Peru and Ecuador. This brings nutrient-rich cold water to the surface, increasing fishing stocks.
Walker Cancer Research Institute The Walker Cancer Research Institute (WCRI) is a small American cancer research organization consisting of two laboratories located in the states of Florida and Michigan and principle organizational offices in Maryland. WCRI and the affiliated project National Cancer Research Center (NCRC) were incorporated as nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organizations in 1981.
Walker Colt The Walker Colt is the largest and most powerful blackpowder handgun ever made. It was created in the mid-1840s in a collaboration between Captain Samuel Hamilton Walker (1815-47) and American firearms inventor Samuel Colt (1814-62).
Walker Cooper William Walker Cooper (January 8 1915 - April 11 1991) was an American catcher in Major League Baseball who played for six National League teams from 1940 to 1957. One of the sport's strongest players in his prime, at the end of his career he ranked among the top five NL catchers in career batting average (.
Walker Cup The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland (in political terms the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland). The event, officially called the Walker Cup Match (not "Matches", unlike the professional Ryder Cup Matches), is co-organised by the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews and the United States Golf Association, and is named in honor of George Herbert Walker (grandfather and namesake of the former President of the United States George H.
Walker Evans Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer best known for his work for the Farm Security Administration documenting the effects of the Great Depression. Much of Evans' work from the FSA period uses the large-format 8x10in view camera, which when used directly in front of a subject can create the appearance of a dispassionate viewpoint.
Walker International School The Walker International School (Wor Kah Guo Ji Xue Xiao) is a private K-12 school located in Hong Kong. Its ethnically diverse student body (spanning thirty nationalities) is co-cultured in a combination of both Eastern and Western teaching styles.
Walker Lake (Nevada) Walker Lake is a natural salt lake, 105 mi 253 (272 km²) in area, in the Great Basin in western Nevada in the United States. It is 18 mi (29 km) long and 7 mi (11 km) wide, located in northwestern Mineral County along the eastern side of the Wassuk Range, approximately 75 mi (120 km) southeast of Reno.
Walker Mountains Walker Mountains () is a range of peaks and nunataks which are fairly well separated but trend east-west to form the axis, or spine, of Thurston Island. They were discovered by Rear Admiral Byrd and members of the US Antarctic Service (USAS) in a flight from the ship Bear on February 27, 1940.
Walker River (Nevada) The Walker River is a river in west central Nevada in the United States, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long. It drains an arid portion of the Great Basin southeast of Reno, with a watershed that extends into the Sierra Nevada mountains.
Walker Street Cinema - North Sydney, New South Wales Walker Street Cinema was an independently-run repertory cinema located at 121 Walker St, North Sydney, NSW, Australia. It opened in March, 1978 under the partnership of Ian Dale, Ross Barnard and Adrienne McKibbins.
Walker tariff The 1846 Walker tariff was a Democratic bill that reversed the high rates of tariffs imposed by the Whig-backed "Black Tariff" of 1842 under president John Tyler. It was one of the lowest tariffs in American history and primarily supported by Southern Democrats who had little industry in their districts.
Walker Valley, New York Walker Valley is a hamlet (and census-designated place) located in the western part of the Town of Shawangunk in Ulster County, New York, USA, generally thought of as coterminous with the 12588 ZIP code. The population was 758 at the 2000 census.
Walker-Warburg syndrome Walker-Warburg syndrome is a rare form of autosomal recessive congenital muscular dystrophy associated with brain (lissencephaly, hydrocephalus, cerebellar malformations) and eye abnormalities. This condition has a worldwide distribution.
Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger was a American television western/police dramatic series, created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. It aired on CBS for eight seasons, from April 21st, 1993 to May 19th, 2001, and was broadcasted in over 100 countries.
Walkern Walkern (Derived from 'Walkerne') is a village and civil parish in East Hertfordshire. It is located on the River Beane about two miles from Stevenage, and is noted as the home of Jane Wenham, convicted for witchcraft in 1711.
Walkersaurus "Walkersaurus hesperis" is mentioned by palaeontologists Welles, Powell and Pickering in a comparative study of Dilophosaurus breedorum (1974), as a new name for Megalosaurus hesperis,Waldman, M. (1974).
Walkerville, Ontario Walkerville, Ontario, Canada was developed by whisky mogul and benevolent dictator Hiram Walker founder of what became Canadian Club Whisky Distilleries in 1856. His company town (many original buildings and homes still exist) grew around the site of the original distillery built in 1858.
Walkerville, Victoria Walkerville (), Victoria, Australia, is a tiny fishing village bordered by Waratah Bay in southwest Gippsland, about 190 km southeast of Melbourne. The small town is separated into North Walkerville and South Walkerville.
Walkin' Walkin is an album recorded on 3 April and 29 April 1954 by a group led by Miles Davis, for Prestige Records. Credited to the "Miles Davis All-Stars", the first session was a quintet with David Schildkraut on alto saxophone.
Walking Walking is the main form of animal locomotion on land, distinguished from running and crawling. When executed in shallow water, it is usually described as wading and when executed vertically it becomes scrambling or climbing.
Walking and Talking Walking and Talking (1996) is critically acclaimed independent film starring Catherine Keener, Anne Heche, Liev Schreiber and Kevin Corrigan. The film's title is completely apropos as the film mainly consists of dialogue-heavy scenes while the characters walk around New York City.
Walking After You "Walking After You" is a 1998 single from the soundtrack to the The X Files movie. The Foo Fighters re-recorded the song, which originally appeared on their 1997 album The Colour and the Shape, specifically for the movie's soundtrack.
Walking bass In music, a walking bass is a bass accompaniment generally consisting of unsyncopated notes of equal value, usually quarter notes (known in jazz as a "four feel"). Walking bass lines are used in rock, blues, rock-a-billy, ska, R&B, gospel, latin, country, and many other genres (Friedland 1995, p.
Walking bus A walking bus is a group of schoolchildren who, chaperoned by two adults (a "Driver" leads and a "conductor" follows) walk to school, in much the same way a school bus would drive them to school. Like a traditional bus, walking buses have a fixed route with designated "bus stops" and "pick up times" in which they pick up children.
Walking city The Walking City was an idea proposed by British architect Ron Herron in 1964. In an article in avant-garde architecture journal Archigram, Ron Herron proposed building massive mobile robotic structures, with their own intelligence, that could freely roam the world, moving to wherever their resources or manufacturing abilities were needed.
Walking fish Walking fish, sometimes called ambulatory fish, is a general term that refers to fish that are able to travel over land for extended periods of time. The term may also be used for some other cases of nonstandard locomotion of fish, e.
Walking ghost phase The walking ghost, or latent, phase of radiation poisoning is a period of apparent health, lasting for hours or days, following a dose of 10-50 sieverts of radiation. As its name would suggest, the walking ghost phase is followed by certain death.
Walking in the Air "Walking in the Air" is a song written by Howard Blake for the animated short The Snowman, which has been broadcast on TV and published on videotape and DVD; also released as a single, LP and CD. In The Snowman, it was performed by a St.
Walking marriage Walking marriage is a widely-used misnomer for the sort of romantic and sexual relationships embedded in the culture of, especially, the Mosuo ethnic minority of China. They call it sisi, which translates as "friend marriage".
Walking on a Thin Line Walking on a Thin Line is the third and final studio album by Guano Apes. It was released on February 3 2003 by BMG and includes the singles "You Can't Stop Me", "Pretty in Scarlet" and "Quietly".
Walking on Sunshine (song) "Walking on Sunshine" is a song written by Kimberley Rew for Katrina and the Waves' second album of the same name. It was released as the album's second single in 1985 (see 1985 in music) and reached the top five in Australia and the top ten in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Walking on the Moon "Walking on the Moon" is a 1979 song by The Police, from their second album, Regatta de Blanc. The song was The Police's second number one hit single in the United Kingdom after "Message in a Bottle", but didn't chart in the United States.
Walking pneumonia Walking pneumonia is an outdated term referring to pneumonia (infection of the small air-filled sacs of the lung) which does not cause significant disability. People who are affected by walking pneumonia do not require hospitalization and are often able to continue participating in school or work functions.
Walking Papers Hostage Life's first LP, following the 2002 release of their EP, Sing For The Enemy, Walking Papers has not only received positive attention from across Canada, but has also spawned the single "This Song Was Written By A Committee", which has already seen extensive radio play on Toronto's popular CFNY radio station.
Walking the plank Walking the plank is a form of execution popularly (but incorrectly) believed to have been widely practiced by pirates. As usually described, it involved the victim being forced to walk off the end of a wooden plank or beam extended over the side of a ship, thereby falling into the water to drown, sometimes with bound hands, and/or in shark-infested waters (these predators often follow a ship).
Walking Together Walking Together is a Russian youth movement that was created by Vasily Yakimenko in May 2000. The group, which had over 50 thousand members as of January 2002, is vehemently pro-Putin and is openly endorsed by President Vladimir Putin's administration.
Walking with Beasts Walking with Beasts is a 2001 six-part television documentary produced by the BBC in the United Kingdom, narrated by Kenneth Branagh. In North America it has been retitled Walking with Prehistoric Beasts, and the original Discovery Channel broadcast was narrated by Stockard Channing.
Walking with Dinosaurs Walking with Dinosaurs is a 1999 six-part television series produced by the BBC, narrated by Kenneth Branagh. In North America, the series was screened on the Discovery Channel, with Branagh's voice replaced with that of Avery Brooks.
Walking with Monsters Walking with Monsters (also distributed as Walking With Monsters: Life Before Dinosaurs) is a three-part British documentary film series about life in the Paleozoic, bringing to life extinct arthropods, fish, amphibians, synapsids, and reptiles. It is narrated by Kenneth Branagh.
Walking with Shadows Walking With Shadows is a 1986 mini album by The Klinik, released in Spain in a limited edition of 500 copies, to coincide with a Spanish tour. This was the last release to feature Eric van Wonterghem, who left to form Insekt.
Walking with... (TV series) The BBC have released a highly popular set of series exploring the Earth's past and the species it has contained. However the latest series, 'Prehistoric Park' was broadcast on one of the BBC's rivals, ITV in the UK.
Walking wounded Walking wounded is a term used in first aid and triage to indicate injured persons who are of a relatively low priority. These patients are conscious and breathing and usually have only (relatively) minor injuries; thus they are capable of walking.
Walkinstown Walkinstown (Baile BhailcĂ­n in Irish) is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, which incorporates the area of Greenhills (Irish, Na Glaschnoic or Na Cnoic nGlas), and one area of Ballymount, which is divided in to three areas, is situated on the Southside of the city. It borders Crumlin, Drimnagh, Clondalkin, Tallaght and Bluebell and some smaller estates.
Walkley Walkley ward—which includes the districts of Netherthorpe, Upperthorpe, and Walkley—is one of the 28 electoral wards in City of Sheffield, England. It is located in the northwestern part of the city and covers an area of 3.
Walkley Heights, South Australia Walkley Heights is a newly built residential subdivision 15 kilometres to the north of Adelaide. The suburb is located on land formerly comprising the prison farm for Yatala Labour Prison, and includes fifty-five hectares of land formerly owned by R.
Walkman The Walkman is a popular Sony brand used by the company to market its portable audio players, and is synonymously used to refer to the original Walkman portable personal stereo player and as a generic term for similar devices from other manufacturers. The original Walkman brought about a change in music listening habits, allowing people to carry their own choice of music with them.
Walkover A walkover is the awarding of a victory to a contestant because there are no other contestants, or because the other contestants have been disqualified or have forfeited. The term can apply in sport, but can also apply to elections.
Walkthrough A walkthrough is a term describing the consideration of a process at an abstract level. The term is often employed in the software industry (see software walkthrough) to describe the process of inspecting algorithms and source code by following paths through the algorithms or code as determined by input conditions and choices made along the way.
Wall $treet Week Wall $treet Week (W$W) was a respected, long-running investment news and information TV program broadcast weekly each Friday on PBS in the United States. It had a host (or hosts) and guest experts participating in discussions on the stock market and focused on forecasts.
Wall (butterfly) The Wall (Lasiommata megera) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It eats grasses, including Yorkshire Fog, False Brome, Black Bent, Common Bent, Wavy Hair-grass, Cock's-foot, Brachypodium pinnatum and Annual Meadow-grass.
Wall Around A Star Wall Around A Star (ISBN 0-345-28995-1) is the second book of the Saga of Cuckoo Series, the first of which was Farthest Star. The author is Frederik Pohl, in collaboration with Jack Williamson; the cover art for the 1983 edition was done by David Mattingly.
Wall box Wall boxes are a type of post box or letter box found in the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations, Crown dependencies and Ireland. They differ from pillar boxes in that, instead of being a free-standing structure, they are generally set into a wall (hence the name) or supported on a lamp-post or other stable structure.
Wall Ball Wall Ball, also called Ball Wall, Patball, or Wallsies, but never "Ball On The Wall", is a type of ball game involving a group which involves the bouncing of a ball against a wall, and throwing the ball or shoes at other players.
Wall Drug Wall Drug is a tourist attraction located in the town of Wall, South Dakota, one of the towns nearest the Badlands National Park. It is a sprawling shopping mall consisting of a drug store, gift shop, restaurants and various other stores.
Wall gun Wall guns were large caliber smooth-bore muskets that were used in the 16th through 18th centuries by defending forces to break the advance of enemy troops. They were too heavy to be fired from the shoulder and so were usually rested on window ledges or low walls, hence the name.
Wall High School (New Jersey) Wall High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Wall Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Wall Township Public Schools.
Wall magazine Wall Magazine is a periodical run on a notice board especially in an educational institute where the students and and other members of the institution can post their articles, poems, drawings and other such compositions to share with each other.
Wall of death *The Wall of Death is a circus sideshow featuring a drum- or barrel-shaped wooden board wall around which stunt motorcyclists drive and carry out tricks. The audience views from the top of the drum looking down.
Wall of Death The Wall of Death is a form of moshing seen during Hardcore (and increasingly seen during punk rock) concerts, where the singer of the band playing divides the crowd into two portions, with a gap of at least 10 meters between them. At a signal given by the singer (often during a particularly grooving part of the song, the beginning of the vocals, or the heaviest part) or by one of the guitarists starting to play, the two crowds run into each other at high velocity, in a rather violent fashion.
Wall of Shame The term "Wall of Shame" may be used to describe actual walls or barriers that bring shame upon the builders or others. In some cases, it is the circumstances of the wall's construction or its intended purpose that brings dishonor.
Wall of Sound (record label) Wall of Sound is a small, alternative record label from the UK, founded by Mark Jones. It started out producing electronic music genres such as big beat and ambient, but has now diversified to include some indie and hip-hop artists.
Wall of the Farmers-General The politically disastrous Wall of the Farmers-General was built between 1784 and 1791 by the Ferme générale, the corporation of tax farmers. It was one of several walls built around Paris between the early Middle Ages and the mid 19th century.
Wall Street Wall Street is a narrow street in lower Manhattan in New York City, running east from Broadway downhill to the East River. Considered to be the historical heart of the Financial District, it was the first permanent home of the New York Stock Exchange.
Wall Street (IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line) Wall Street is a station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Wall Street and William Street in the Financial District of Manhattan. It is served by the train (all times), and by the train (all times except late nights).
Wall Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) Wall Street, located at Broadway and Wall Street, is a two-track station with two side platforms that are slightly offset from one another, with glossy blue refrigerator tiles over the original white. The standard IRT name tablet mosaics have been preserved and incorporated into the blue tile; fancy ceiling accents have been preserved as well.
Wall Street bombing The Wall Street bombing was a terrorist incident that occurred at 12:01 pm on September 16, 1920 in the Financial District of New York City. It was the deadliest bomb attack on American soil for seven years, until the Bath School disaster.
Wall Street Crash of 1929 The Wall Street Crash of 1929 (also called the Great Crash and the Crash of '29) refers to a notorious stock-market crash that occurred in late October 1929, bringing widespread and long-lasting consequences. The "crash" started on 29 October, 1929 (since dubbed "Black Tuesday"), when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) collapsed.
Wall Street Journal Editorial Board Wall Street Journal Editorial Board members oversee the journal's editorial page and represent the newspaper and its editorial page publicly. The WSJ does not provide details on the exact duties of board members.
Wall Street Journal prime rate The Wall Street Journal Prime Rate (WSJ Prime Rate) is defined by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) as "The base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75% of the nation's 30 largest banks." It is not the 'best' rate offered by banks.
Wall Street Kid Wall Street Kid is a Nintendo video game in which the main character, in order to gain a six-hundred-billion-dollar inheritance from a distant relative, must prove himself worthy by taking $500,000 in seed money and successfully investing it in the U.S.
Wall Street Rising Wall Street Rising is a non-profit organization founded in October 2001 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks. The organization's stated mission is to restore "vibrancy and vitality" to Lower Manhattan.
Wall Township Public Schools The Wall Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Wall Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.

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