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Willis

[ wil-is ]

noun

  1. a male given name, form of William.


Willis

/ ˈwɪlɪs /

noun

  1. WillisNorman (David)1933MBritishPOLITICS: trade unionist Norman ( David ). born 1933, British trade union leader; general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (1984–93)
  2. WillisTed, Baron Willis of Chislehurst19181992MBritishWRITING: author Ted. Baron Willis of Chislehurst. 1918–92, British author. His works include the play Hot Summer Night (1959) and the novel Death May Surprise Us (1974)


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“We had a document about how much cocaine we needed to see as their supply dwindled down,” says producer Willis.

But when Tarantino cast Travolta, he thought Willis would make a good Butch Coolidge.

When Joan Leonard puts the set on, Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd are yelling at each other on Moonlighting.

On the set, Bruce Willis goes into the bathroom and shuts the door.

Willis, through a representative, declined to revisit the topic for this article.

The pneumatic action used by Willis, Cavaill-Coll and a score of other builders leaves little to be desired.

As before stated, Cavaill-Coll and Willis worked as pioneers in perfecting and in introducing the pneumatic action.

To Willis, however, must be attributed greater advance in the utilization of heavy pressures for reed work.

Willis introduced into his organs pneumatic thumb-pistons about the year 1851.

Willis founded a new school of reed voicing and exerted an influence that will never die.

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