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Woodward

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Wood·ward  (wdwrd), C(omer) Vann Born 1908.
American historian whose works include Origins of the New South (1951) and The Strange Career of Jim Crow (1955).
Woodward, Robert Burns 1917-1979.
American chemist. He won a 1965 Nobel Prize for work in synthesizing complicated organic compounds.
Woodward [ˈwʊdwəd]
n
(Biographies / Woodward, R(obert) B(urns) (1917-1979) M, US, SCIENCE: chemist) 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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Noun1.WoodwardWoodward - United States historian (1908-1999)
C. Vann Woodward, Comer Vann Woodward
2.Woodward - United States chemist honored for synthesizing complex organic compounds (1917-1979)
Bob Woodward, Robert Burns Woodward, Robert Woodward


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"I've seen a few who claimed they understood niggers," Captain Woodward retorted, "and I always took notice that they were the first to be kai-kai'd
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I am aware that two palaeontologists, whose opinions are worthy of much deference, namely Bronn and Woodward, have concluded that the average duration of each formation is twice or thrice as long as the average duration of specific forms.
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