WOW.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Will Shortz - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Shortz

    Will Shortz. William F. Shortz (born August 26, 1952) is an American puzzle creator and editor who is the crossword editor for The New York Times. He graduated from Indiana University with a degree in the invented field of enigmatology. After starting his career at Penny Press and Games magazine, he was hired by The New York Times in 1993.

  3. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword_abbreviations

    Egg – O (the letter O loosely resembles the shape of an egg) Elected – IN. Electricity – AC (alternating current), DC (direct current) Eleven – II (II looks similar to 11), or XI ( Roman numerals) End of war – VE ( Victory in Europe, the end of World War II) Energy – E, J (joule) Engagement - GIG.

  4. Jeremy Bentham - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Bentham

    Henry Tonks' imaginary scene of Bentham approving the building plans of London University. Bentham is widely associated with the foundation in 1826 of London University (the institution that, in 1836, became University College London), though he was 78 years old when the university opened and played only an indirect role in its establishment ...

  5. Ethan Hawke - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Hawke

    Ethan Hawke. Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, author and film director. He made his film debut in Explorers (1985), before making a breakthrough performance in Dead Poets Society (1989). Hawke starred alongside Julie Delpy in Richard Linklater 's Before trilogy from 1995 to 2013.

  6. University of the People - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_the_People

    University of the People was started by Shai Reshef in January 2009. [2] The university has no campus due to its online distance learning nature; it uses a shared office in California as an office of admission. [3] The first UoPeople students began classes in September 2009, studying for associate and bachelor's degrees in business ...

  7. Harry the Husky - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_the_Husky

    The current University of Washington Mascot Harry the Husky. Harry the Husky is the athletic mascot for the University of Washington and is one of two mascots utilized by the university, with the other being the live mascot Dubs II. Harry the Husky has two other siblings: Hendrix the Husky who lives in UW Tacoma, [1] and Holly the Husky who ...

  8. Crossword - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossword

    A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...

  9. Martin Luther King Jr. - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

    v. t. e. Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister, activist, and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. A black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and ...