Woodward
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C(omer) Vann, 1908–99, U.S. historian.
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Robert Burns, 1917–79, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1965.
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a town in northwestern Oklahoma.
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Sir Clive . born 1956, English Rugby Union player and subsequently (1997–2004) coach of the England team that won the Rugby World Cup in 2003.
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R ( obert ) B ( urns ). 1917–79, US chemist. For his work on the synthesis of quinine, strychnine, cholesterol, and other organic compounds he won the Nobel prize for chemistry 1965
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Tensions then flared after Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward filed a brief saying nothing had changed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Like Mindgard founder Garraghan, Prof Woodward believes there should be a greater focus on identifying and prosecuting humans who misuse AI.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
“The return of credibility and end of ‘oversharing’ are long-term bullish for market resilience, but require higher bond risk premium,” say strategists led by Jared Woodward.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026
Melius analyst Scott Mikus also cut ratings on four other aerospace stocks, Honeywell Aerospace , TransDigm, Heico, Woodward.
From Barron's ● Sep. 14, 2026
Southern whites, Woodward explains, strongly believed that a new system of racial control was clearly required, but it was not immediately obvious what form it should take.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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