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jack, mechanical device

(Encyclopedia) jack, mechanical device used to multiply a relatively small applied force so that it can lift and support heavy loads, or sometimes, move massive objects into a desired position. The…

LaLanne, Jack

(Encyclopedia) LaLanne, JackLaLanne, Jackləlānˈ [key], 1914–2011, American fitness advocate and television personality, b. San Francisco as François Henri LaLanne. Widely regarded as the founder of…

Sendak, Maurice Bernard

(Encyclopedia) Sendak, Maurice Bernard, 1928–2012, American writer and illustrator of children's books, b. Brooklyn, N.Y. Largely self-taught, he was widely acclaimed as the 20th-century's most…

Wilde, Cornel

film actor, producerBirthplace: New York CityBorn: 1915Died: 1989

The Wild Party

Book: David Henry Hwang and Linda Woolverton Director: Robert Falls Cast: Heather Headley, Adam Pascal, Sherie Ren Scott, Daniel Oreskes Opened: 3/00 at the Palace Theatre…

Brewer's: Wild

(Jonathan), the detective, born at Wolverhampton, in Staffordshire. He brought to the gallows thirty-five highwaymen, twenty-two housebreakers, and ten…

Brewer's: Wilde

A John or Johnny Wilde is one who wears himself to skin and bone to add house to house and barn to barn. The tale is that John Wilde, of Rodenkerchen,…

Wild America

Director: William DearWriter: David Michael WiegerDirector of Photography:David BurrEditor:O. Nicholas BrownMusic:Joel McNeelyProduction Designer:Steven JordanProducers:James G. Robinson,…

Minnesota Wild

Top ScorersGmGAPts+/-PMPPMarian Gaborik*71181836-6326Lubomir Sekeras80112334-8524Wes Walz82181230-8370Filip Kuba*7592130-6284Darby Hendrickson721811291363Jim Dowd6872229-6800Antti…