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Thames Water

Thames Water

Other

Thames Water Utilities Ltd, known as Thames Water, is a large private utility company responsible for the public water supply and waste water treatment in most of&nb

South West Water

South West Water

Industry and Production

South West Water provides drinking water and waste water services throughout Devon and Cornwall and in small areas of Dorset and Somerset. South West

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Alice Waters

Chef, restaurant owner, and author Born April 28, 1944, in Chatham, NJ; daughter of Charles (a business psychologist and management consultant) and Margaret (a homemaker) Waters; ...

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Sam Waterston

Actor Born November 15, 1940, in Cambridge, MA; son of George Chychele (a teacher) and Alice Tucker (a painter) Waterston; married Barbara Rutledge Johns (a photographer and...

James Watt

James Watt

Born: January 19, 1736 Greenock, Scotland Died: August 25, 1819 Heathfield, England Scottish engineer, instrument maker, and invento...

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Naomi Watts

Actress Born September 28, 1968, in Shoreham, Sussex, England; daughter of Peter (a sound engineer) and Myffanwy (a store owner) Watts. Addresses: H...

John Wayne

John Wayne

Born: May 26, 1907 Winterset, Iowa Died: June 11, 1979 Los Angeles, California American actor American actor John Way...

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Born: March 22, 1948 London, England English composer and musician The English musician Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of such musical theat...

Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster

Born: January 18, 1782 Salisbury, New Hampshire Died: October 24, 1852 Marshfield, Massachusetts American orator and lawyer ...

Noah Webster

Noah Webster

Born: October 16, 1758 West Hartford, Connecticut Died: May 23, 1843 New Haven, Connecticut American lexicographer No...

Zoo Weekly

Zoo Weekly

Advertising and media

Zoo was a British softcore lad magazine published weekly by Bauer Media Group with periods of an Australian and South African editions. It was launched on 29 January 2004, and for a time was the UK's

Us Weekly

Us Weekly

Advertising and media

Us Weekly is a weekly celebrity and entertainment magazine based in New York City. Us Weekly was founded in 1977 by The New York Times Company, who sold it in 1980. It was acquired

USA Today Sports Weekly

USA Today Sports Weekly

Advertising and media

USA Today Sports Weekly is an American sports newsmagazine owned by the Gannett Company. A spin-off publication to Gannett's flagship newspaper USA Today, it focuses on c

My Weekly

My Weekly

Advertising and media

My Weekly is a magazine for women. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland. It tends to consist of short stories, reader contributions, knitting or sewing patterns, and celebrity

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Caspar Weinberger

Born Caspar Willard Weinberger, August 18, 1917, in San Francisco, CA; died of pneumonia, March 28, 2006, in Bangor, ME. U.S. Secretary of Defense. Caspar Weinberger was one of the major f...

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Jennifer Weiner

Author and journalist Born Jennifer Agnes Weiner, March 28, 1970, in De Ridder, LA; daughter of Lawrence (a psychiatrist) and Fran (a teacher) Weiner; married Adam Bonin (an...

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Mike Weir

Professional golfer Born Michael Richard Weir, May 12, 1970, in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada; son of Richard and Rowie Weir; married Bricia; children: Elle Marisa, Lily. ...

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Rachel Weisz

Actress Born March 7, 1971, in London, England; daughter of Georg (an inventor) and Edith (a psychoanalyst) Weisz; children: a son (with Darren Aronofsky, a director). ...

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Ezer Weizman

Born Ezer Weizmann, June 15, 1924, in Tel Aviv, Israel; died of respiratory infections, April 24, 2005, in Caesarea, Israel. Politician. For 50 years, as Israel's air force chief, defense ...

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William Weldon

Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Johnson & Johnson Born November 26, 1948, in New York, New York; son of a union stagehand and a costumer; married Barbara Dearborn; chi...

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