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Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Leonard Wood U.S. army post, 71,000 acres (28,700 hectares), S central Mo.; est. 1940. It is one of the largest basic-training centers in the United States and also provides training for army engineers. ... Read more
Forest of Arden
Forest of Arden well-wooded area, formerly very extensive, in Warwickshire, central England. It is the setting for Shakespeare's As You Like It. ... Read more
Bretton Woods Conference
Bretton Woods Conference name commonly given to the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, held (July 1-22, 1944) at Bretton Woods, N.H. The conference resulted in the creation of the International Monetary Fund , to promote international monetary cooperation, and of the International ... Read more
William James Linton
William James Linton 1812-97, Anglo-American wood engraver, author, and political reformer. In 1842 he began working as a wood engraver with John Orrin Smith and produced illustrations for the newly formed London Illustrated News. An ardent radical, he helped found the Leader, expounded the pri... Read more
Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods (Eldrick Woods), 1975-, American golfer, b. Cypress, Calif. The son of a African-American father and a Thai mother, he was a college star at Stanford and became the only three-time (1994-96) U.S. amateur champion before turning professional in 1997. Seeming to justify publicity promotin... Read more
clapboard
clapboard , board used for the exterior finish of a wood-framed building and attached horizontally to the wood studs. The word, in its original and strict use, refers to a product of New England; boards of similar type made elsewhere are termed siding. Clapboards are particularly characteristic of t... Read more
Lake of the Woods
Lake of the Woods 1,485 sq mi (3,846 sq km), c.70 mi (110 km) long, on the U.S.-Canada border in the pine forest region of N Minn., SE Man., and SW Ont. More than two thirds of the lake is in Canada. A remnant of former glacial Lake Agassiz, it is fed by the Rainy River and drained to the northwest... Read more
Anthony Wood
Anthony Wood 1632-95, English antiquary. His painstaking researches into the history of Oxford resulted in two great works, The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford (in Latin, 1674; in English, tr. by him but not published until 1792-96), and Athenae Oxoniensis (1691-92; rev. and... Read more
Anthony Wood
Anthony Wood 1632-95, English antiquary. His painstaking researches into the history of Oxford resulted in two great works, The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford (in Latin, 1674; in English, tr. by him but not published until 1792-96), and Athenae Oxoniensis (1691-92; rev. and... Read more
brazilwood
brazilwood common name for several trees of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family) whose wood yields a red dye. The dye has largely been replaced by synthetic dyes for fabrics, but it is still used in high-quality red inks. The bright red wood, which takes a high polish, is used in cabinetwork and... Read more

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Captivity Narratives, Indian
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...which was made into a film in 1956 by John Ford, starring John Wayne in a quest to recover his niece (played by Natalie Wood), kidnapped by a Comanche chief. The narratives' highly stereotyped representations of Indians reflect Euroamerican...
James Dean
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...handle it," he said, and flew back to Los Angeles. Dean finished filming Rebel Without a Cause (with Sal Mineo and Natalie Wood) in June 1955 and began work on Giant. He co-starred in this with Elizabeth Taylor and Rock Hudson. Completing...
Continuing Bonds
Encyclopedia entry from: Macmillan Encyclopedia of Death and Dying ...being seen as having something wrong with them. A spontaneous statement by Natasha Wagner, whose mother, the actress Natalie Wood, drowned when Natasha was a teenager, summarized this well: "I had to learn to have a relationship with someone...
Russian Americans
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement ...1889-1982), the writer Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977), the actor Yul Brynner (1915-1985), and the actress Natalie Wood (1938-1981). In 1923 Sikorsky formed a corporation to produce one of the first twin-engine airplanes in the United...
Cosmetics
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society ...smoke and dance in public but for the right to wear makeup. In the film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Judy's (Natalie Wood) father forces her to wipe off her red lipstick, which he considers too "grown up." In the 1950s, however, cosmetic...
Louis L'Amour
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...them were Stranger on Horseback, (1955) starring Joel McCrea, The Burning Hills, (1956) starring Tab Hunter and Natalie Wood, and Shalako, (1968) starring Brigitte Bardot and Sean Connery. In 1955, L'Amour signed a contract for two books...
Dean, James
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...picked for two more parts. He finished filming Rebel Without a Cause, with Sal Mineo (1939 – 1976) and Natalie Wood (1938 – 1981) in June 1955 and began work on Giant. He costarred in this movie with Elizabeth Taylor...

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Wood, Natalie
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers WOOD, Natalie Nationality: American. Born...Nickens, Christopher, Natalie Wood: A Biography in Pictures...Secaucus, New Jersey 1991. On WOOD: articles— Current...December 1989. * * * Natalie Wood's death in 1981 at...
Swanson, Gloria
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Anderson); The Great Moment (Wood) (as Nada Pelham) 1921...Spencer); Under the Lash (Wood) (as Deborah Krillet); Don't Tell Everything (Wood) (as Marion Westover) 1922...American Wife (Wood) (as Natalie Chester); Prodigal Daughters...
West Side Story
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...choreography: Jerome Robbins. Cast: Natalie Wood (Maria ); Richard Beymer (Tony...culture and race. Similarly, Maria (Natalie Wood) must face the conflict that...the fact that Maria is played by Natalie Wood who could neither sing nor...
Mineo, Sal
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...of Plato, the character who, far more than Jim (James Dean) and Judy (Natalie Wood), resists assimilation into the norms of bourgeois culture. Rebel is the...control over editing and mise-en-scène. —Robin Wood
The Searchers
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Jorgensen ); Ward Bond (Capt. Rev. Samuel Clayton ); Natalie Wood (Debbie Edwards ); John Qualen (Lars Jorgensen...Emilio Figueroa ); Hank Worden (Mose Harper ); Lana Wood (Debbie as a child ); Walter Coy (Aaron Edwards...
Rebel Without a Cause
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...William Ziegler; production designer: William Wallace; music: Leonard Rosenman. Cast: James Dean (Jim Stark ); Natalie Wood (Judy ); Jim Backus (Jim's father ); Ann Doran (Jim's mother ); Rochelle Hudson (Judy's mother ); William...
Field, Sally
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...limitations (including a regrettably thin voice, a failing that puts her in good company with Elizabeth Taylor and Natalie Wood) are as immediately apparent as her virtues (a translucent honesty which rescues her from the precipice of seeming...
Trumbull, Douglas
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...For example, he tried his hand at the film Brainstorm which had been begun by others. In the process of filming, Natalie Wood, the film's star, died in a controversial boating accident; Trumbull took over a film no one else wanted and tried...
Pacino, Al
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...debut in Does the Tiger Wear a Necktie? ; film debut in Me, Natalie ; 1970—member of the Lincoln Center repertory theater...Beverly Hills, CA 90212, U.S.A. Films as Actor: 1969 Me, Natalie (Coe) (as Tony) 1971 Panic in Needle Park (Schatzberg...

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Natalie Woods
Newspaper article from: Beacon News, The (Aurora, IL); 4/29/2005; 472 words ; Natalie Woods, 39, of Aurora, IL, passed away on...Nathaniel and Cassandra (Gates) Caldwell. Natalie was raised in Batavia, IL, where she...graduated from West Aurora High School. Natalie was an employee of Dreyer Medical Clinic...
Natalie Wood's life and death portrayed in a TV film by Peter Bogdanovich
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/27/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...they leave behind. But Natalie Wood, a child actress who...phobias. (Among these, Wood says in the film, were...studio christened her Natalie Wood. But even in adulthood...hard showcasing what made Natalie special. Exhaustively...
Tabloid scandal after Natalie Wood's death motivates author to write biography
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 2/13/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...California In 1981, when Natalie Wood drowned off Catalina...before her death, Wood and Walken awoke from...author. "This was Natalie's 'going for danger...Walken sided with Wood, advising her husband to "let Natalie do what she wanted...
Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine); 7/17/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood * Suzanne Finstad * Harmony...filled new biography of Natalie Wood is garnering attention...the other revelations: Wood's was a violent drunk...price. "Her mother gave Natalie a series of bizarre warnings...
NATALIE WOOD BIO A CAUTIONARY TALE OF FAME.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 7/6/2001; 700+ words ; ...Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood By Suzanne Finstad. Harmony...Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood, is not a lack of...the star known as Natalie Wood. Hollywood history it may...NATASHA: THE BIOGRAPHY OF NATALIE WOODS
MEMORABLE PERFORMANCES RAISE LEVEL OF NATALIE WOOD BIOPIC
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 3/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...tonight's "The Mystery of Natalie Wood," at 8 on ABC, we have...Willing to sacrifice Natalie's sanity - and even...between Christopher Walken, Wood, and Wagner, culminating...that "The Mystery of Natalie Wood" manages to hold...
Inside Natalie Wood: A star's many lives
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 1/25/2004; ; 700+ words ; NATALIE WOOD A LIFE By Gavin Lambert Knopf. $25.95. It's not that Natalie Wood's life hasn't been examined...expected to know about the "constructed" Natalie Wood. This book takes up where the entire
Natalie Wood: she was the tiny star of Miracle on 34th Street and the all-grown-up one in Splendor in the Grass, yet Natalie Wood's trajectory from child actor to leading lady was anything but assured. A new book tells the tale.(Legend--Behind The Scenes; Natalie Wood : a Life)(Excerpt)
Magazine article from: Interview; 2/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; Natalie Wood, who drowned in 1981 when she was only 43, is the subject of a new biography, Natalie Wood: A Life (Knopf), by her friend...Dean, of course, was one reason that Natalie wanted the part; the other was the part...
'Make the director love you' Gerald Kaufman on a Life of Natalie Wood - a star from childhood to her premature death
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 7/11/2004; ; 700+ words ; Natalie Wood: A Life by Gavin Lambert...to the film director Sam Wood - succeeded and, though...The Green Promise, little Natalie was called on to cross a...collapse; and she agreed that Natalie mustn't be told, because...
Natalie Wood biography creates idol without a cause.(Books)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 8/26/2001; ; 669 words ; ...Natasha: The Biography of Natalie Wood" by Suzanne Finstad...biography of actress Natalie Wood, Finstad pours over...miracle. As a teenager, Wood was prime pickings for...living a fairy tale - until Natalie caught her husband having...