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7 unusual facts about David S. Ward


Bob Bassett

His faculty consists of well-known and prestigious filmmakers including John Badham, David S. Ward, Bill Kroyer, Bill Dill, Paul Seydor, Alex Rose, Martha Coolidge, and Larry Paul.

David S. Ward

He went back to the well, directing the sequel Major League II, and then moved on to the Navy comedy Down Periscope starring Kelsey Grammer.

Another ten years would pass before Ward was credited on another film, Flyboys, a 2006 World War I drama starring James Franco directed by Tony Bill (who was a producer on The Sting).

Major League and Ward's subsequent efforts as a writer and director, King Ralph (1991) and Major League II (1994), were about underdogs who triumphed over the gadflies and nay-sayers of the world.

Ward's efforts to sell a script based on the frontier days of California were undone by an industry-wide "ban" on Westerns after the spectacular failure of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate (1980).

Major League was a labor of love for Ward, who had lived in the Cleveland suburb of South Euclid as a child and who had rooted for the Indians' teams of the 1950s, including the 1954 American League Champions.

Ryne Duren

Duren was the inspiration for the character Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn in the movie Major League, according to its author and director David S. Ward.


1919 Eternal

All songs written by Zakk Wylde, except "America the Beautiful" by Katharine Lee Bates and Samuel A. Ward.

2011 NFL lockout

On March 1, 2011 Judge David S. Doty ruled that the NFL had been actively strategizing for a lockout of the players for more than two years.

Arnold Ward

Ward was the son of Humphry "Thomas" Ward, a fellow and tutor of Brasenose College and Mary Augusta Ward, a popular author; grandson of Tom Arnold; greatgrandson of Thomas Arnold, the famous headmaster of Rugby School.

Aureofungus

It was first studied by a group of researchers led by Dr. David Hibbett of the Clark University.

Barsetshire Pilgrimage

Novel by Father Ronald Knox, published in London by Sheed & Ward in 1935, in which Knox picks up the narrative of the original Barsetshire Novels where Anthony Trollope breaks off.

Charles B. Ward

Ward was elected as a Republican to the Sixty-fourth and to the four succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1915-March 3, 1925).

Charles Ward

Charles B. Ward (1879–1946), American politician, U.S. Representative from New York

Christopher Ward

Christopher J. Ward, American politician, former treasurer of the National Republican Congressional Committee

Clifford T. Ward

It was during this time abroad that Ward wrote "Home Thoughts from Abroad" (a song that would later appear on his second solo album and also as the B-side of "Gaye").

David Baxter

David S. Baxter (born 1955), member of the First Quorum of the Seventy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

David Dennison

David S. Dennison, Jr. (1918–2001), American politician in the United States House of Representatives

David Dodge

David S. Dodge (1922–2009), former President of the American University of Beirut

David Loeb

David S. Loeb (1924–2003), cofounder and former chairman of Countrywide Financial and IndyMac Bank

David S. King

King was a resident of Kensington, Maryland where he lived with his wife of 61 years, Rosalie King.

David S. Lewis

He was influential in having the F-16 design team choose the Pratt & Whitney F100 turbofan engine following his experience with the engine in the McDonnell Douglas F-15 fighter.

David S. Muir

He also worked closely with Peter Mandelson and Philip Gould on the Labour Party's 2010 general election campaign.

David S. Wall

He completed a partnership with Transcrime (Università Cattolica del sacro Cuore of Milan and the University of Trento) and the CNRS, (Sorbonne, Paris) looking at "Public and Private Partnerships for Reducing Counterfeiting of Fashion Apparels and Accessories" as part of the EU Aegis Programme Framework 6.

David S. Weiss

He was also referred to as "Count Dracu-sal" and an eerie organ music cue (Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor) was played whenever he made funny and/or cryptic remarks that reflected his penchant for black comedy.

David Sheridan

David S. Sheridan (1908–2004), inventor of the "disposable" plastic endotracheal tube

George B. Ward

The house was modeled on the circular Temple of Vesta in Rome and was surrounded by landscaped gardens and fountains.

Giant Sand

Guest artists over the last 3 decades have included Victoria Williams, Neko Case, Juliana Hatfield, PJ Harvey, Vic Chesnutt, Steve Wynn, Vicki Peterson, Rainer Ptacek, M. Ward, Isobel Campbell, nearly all members of the band Poi Dog Pondering, and Indiosa Patsy Jean (Gelb and Brown's daughter).

Harry F. Ward

Ward is best remembered as the first national chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), leading the group from its creation in 1920 until his resignation in protest of the organization's decision to bar Communists in 1940.

I Get Ideas

M. Ward recorded an upbeat version of "I Get Ideas" for his 2012 album, A Wasteland Companion.

Ida C. Ward

Ida Caroline Ward (4 October 1880, Bradford – 10 October 1949, Guildford) was a British linguist working mainly on African languages who did influential work in the domains of phonology and tonology.

In re Neagle

David S. Terry, a disappointed litigant with a grudge against Field, approached and appeared to be about to attack Field.

John Corigliano

Among Corigliano's students are David S. Sampson, Eric Whitacre, Elliot Goldenthal, Edward Knight, Nico Muhly, Roger Bergs, Scott Glasgow, John Mackey, Michael Bacon, Avner Dorman, Mason Bates, Steven Bryant, Jefferson Friedman, Dinuk Wijeratne and David Ludwig.

Kevin Ward

Kevin L. Ward (born 1963), American police officer and Oklahoma Secretary of Safety and Security

Leigh Marble

Two years later, he contributed a version of Led Zeppelin‘s "Immigrant Song" for the Jealous Butcher compilation ‘’The Land of Ice And Snow: The Songs of Led Zeppelin’‘ alongside a star-studded line-up featuring such artists as Chris Walla, M. Ward, and The Long Winters.

Michael E. Ward

In August 2004, Ward stepped down from his position prematurely to join his wife, Hope Morgan Ward who had accepted a position as a Methodist bishop in Mississippi; Patricia N. Willoughby was appointed to fill the position for the remainder of Ward's term.

Milton S. Gould

David Neagle had been the marshal in Tombstone at the time the shoot-out at the OK Corral and was acting as a Federal Marshal protecting U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field when Neagle killed the sworn enemy of Field, former California Justice David S. Terry after he accosted and threatened Justice Field.

Nancy L. Ward

Prior to her selection by Paulison, Ward served as the FEMA regional director for region IX (which serves AZ, CA, Guam, HI, NV, CNMI, RMI, FSM and American Samoa).

Neil B. Ward

Earning two scholarships, he attended graduate school at Texas A&M University, the University of Oklahoma, and Colorado State University, beginning in late 1956.

No More Good Days

The episode's teleplay was written by David S. Goyer and Brannon Braga, who also conceived of the television story, based upon the novel of the same name by Robert J. Sawyer.

Pediatric ophthalmology

Other notable pediatric ophthalmologists have included: Jack Crawford, John T. Flynn, David S. Friendly, Eugene R. Folk David Guyton, Eugene Helveston, Arthur Jampolsky, Barrie Jay, Phillip Knapp, Burton J. Kushner, Henry Metz, Marilyn T. Miller, John Pratt-Johnson, Arthur Rosenbaum, William E. Scott, Gunter K. von Noorden, and Mette Warburg.

Rave On!

M. Ward recorded a cover of the song on his 2009 album Hold Time.

Richard Ward

Richard S. Ward (born 1951), professor of mathematics at Durham University

Samuel A. Ward

Ward's music combined with the Bates poem was first published in 1910 and titled "America the Beautiful", with words by Katharine Lee Bates.

The Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys

Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys is a 2004 crossover horror film based on the characters of David Schmoeller (Puppet Master) and David S. Goyer (Demonic Toys).

Thomas Suozzi

The campaign was funded largely by big business, in the form of Home Depot co-founder Kenneth Langone, former NYSE CEO Richard Grasso, David Mack of the MTA, and many individuals on Wall Street who had been investigated and prosecuted by Eliot Spitzer.

Thomas W. Ward

In 1841 he lost his right arm when a cannon misfired during the official celebration of San Jacinto Day.

United States Department of Justice National Security Division

The National Security Division is overseen by Assistant Attorney General David S. Kris.

Václav Chvátal

he studied a weighted version of the set cover problem, and proved that a greedy algorithm provides good approximations to the optimal solution, generalizing previous unweighted results by David S. Johnson (J. Comp. Sys. Sci. 1974) and László Lovász (Discrete Math. 1975).


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