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David W. Richards

In one of Richards' stories that received worldwide attention, he claimed that just months before the release of Windows Vista, Microsoft was having to rewrite "up to 60% of Vista's code".


American Legion Memorial Stadium

The stadium continues to play a large role in Charlotte-Mecklenburg high school football to this day as it hosts big ticket match-ups such as Butler v. Independence and Charlotte Latin v. Charlotte Country Day.

Blade element theory

Blade element theory (BET) is a mathematical process originally designed by William Froude (1878), David W. Taylor (1893) and Stefan Drzewiecki to determine the behavior of propellers.

Burcham

David W. Burcham (b. 1951), President of Loyola Marymount University

Corey Black

He served as a stunt double for actor Tobey Maguire, who he taught the posturing of a professional jockey, and played the role of the jockey (Harry Richards) on Rosemont, William duPont, Jr.'s horse that beat Seabiscuit in the 1937 Santa Anita Handicap.

David Alexander

David W. Alexander (1812–1887), Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors

David Atkinson

David W. Atkinson (born 1948), Canadian academic and President of Grant MacEwan University

David Rivkin

David W. Rivkin (born 1955), Litigation Partner at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

David W. Ball

David Wadsworth Ball (born September 12, 1949) is an American author whose novels include Empires of Sand (1999), China Run (2002) and Ironfire (2004).

David W. Ballard

The territory was still reeling from the mismanagement of Ballard's predecessor, Caleb Lyon, deeply divided over the controversial decision to move the capital from Lewiston to Boise, and nearly broke because former territorial secretary Horace C. Gilson had embezzled most of the territory's funds while serving as acting governor between Lyon and Ballard's administrations.

David W. Burcham

He graduated first in his class from Loyola Law School, and clerked at the U.S. Supreme Court for Justice Byron White (1986–87) and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit for Chief Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert (1984–86).

David W. Doyle

In retirement Doyle became an energy consultant with the United States Department of Energy and also an author.

In 1963 he became Station Chief at Dakar, Senegal, where he remained until 1967, then was with the CIA's Soviet Bloc Division until a posting to Brussels (1969-1971) and then to the Africa Division.

David W. Dyer Federal Building and United States Courthouse

The first envisioned using imported marble and bronze, while the second was to use aluminum and a local coralline limestone, a lithified coral quarried at Windley Key near Key Largo and called Keystone.

David W. Lesch

In 2004 David Lesch began having regular contact with personal friend Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and has since consulted with US government officials in their attempts to improve relations between the US and Syria.

David W. Márquez

On March 31, 2005, Governor Frank Murkowski appointed Márquez as Attorney General for the State of Alaska.

--The Alaska Court System database lists a "David W. Marquez" with a birthdate of September 5, 1945, though it's hard to say whether or not it's the same individual.--> is an American lawyer and politician, and the former attorney general of the state of Alaska.

David W. Ogden

But it was also praised and supported by important groups and figures in both parties, including the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, the National Sheriff's Association, the National District Attorneys Association, Larry Thompson, Jamie S. Gorelick, Seth Waxman, the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

David W. Tandy

Tandy has served as the Government Relations Director for the American Cancer Society, Mid-South Division, Inc. and ran the law firm of Tandy & Associates.

Councilman Tandy has held this position since 2005, when the Louisville Metro Council selected him to fill the seat left vacant by the death of Willie Bright.

David Warren Tandy is an American Democratic Party politician in Louisville, Kentucky, who represents Louisville Metro's District 4.

Dictabelt evidence relating to the assassination of John F. Kennedy

Belin, David W., Final Disclosure: The Full Truth About the Assassination of President Kennedy, 1988, Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-684-18976-5.

Drexel University College of Engineering

Alumni from the college of engineering include astronauts Christopher Ferguson and Paul W. Richards, inventor of the packet-switch network Paul Baran, professor Eli Fromm, financier Bennett S. LeBow, and engineer David H. Geiger.

East Mecklenburg High School

Local rivals of East Mecklenburg include Butler High School, Providence High School and Myers Park High School.

François Frenkiel

He came to the States in 1947 and was associated successively with Cornell University, the U.S. Naval Ordnance Laboratory, the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, and, from 1960 until his retirement, with the David W. Taylor Naval Ship Research and Development Center.

Gordon W. Richards

He died from cancer in Carlisle, Cumbria and was succeeded as trainer at Greystoke by his son, Nicky Richards.

Honolulu Fire Department

Doyle, David W., Rescue in Paradise: Oahu's Beaches and their Guardians (Island Heritage, 2001)

I. A. Richards

Other critics primarily influenced by his writings also included Cleanth Brooks and Allen Tate.

James P. Richards

During the Eighty-second and Eighty-fourth Congresses he served as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Le'Shai Maston

Maston graduated from David W. Carter High School of Dallas in 1989 and was a member of the Carter 1988 Texas state championship football team.

Leonty Ramensky

This was long before Correspondence analysis was first used (1952), the now classic applications of ordination to plant communities by J. Roger Bray and John T. Curtis and David W. Goodall and the theoretical foundations of gradient analysis was developed by Whittaker and others (1970s onwards).

Lorenzo A. Richards

Lorenzo A. Richards was born on April 24, 1904, in the town of Fielding, Utah, and received a B.S. and M.A. degree in Physics from Utah State University.

Lyman Wight

In 1837, David W. Patten accused him of teaching false doctrine, for which he was tried before the high council in Far West.

Otto Franc

Cassidy was pardoned by governor William A. Richards in 1896, but the time he spent in the Wyoming State Penitentiary convinced him to become a full-time outlaw, and he formed the Wild Bunch shortly after his release.

Oxtoby

David W. Oxtoby, the ninth and current president of Pomona College

Presiding Patriarch

In 1937 George F. Richards, a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, was officially called, sustained, and set apart to the office of Acting Presiding Patriarch.

Rapetosaurus

The species epithet, krausei, is named after the team leader of the expedition, David W. Krause.

Richard W. Richards

Richard Richards was awarded the Albert Medal in 1923 for his efforts on the ice to save the lives of Spencer-Smith and Mackintosh, this award being converted in 1971 to the George Cross, an exchange offered to all Albert Medal holders then living.

Richard Whitehead Young

Henry Richards was a son of Phinehas Richards and his wife Wealthy Dewey, and thus a brother of Franklin D. Richards.

Samuel Richards

Samuel W. Richards (1824–1909), religious and political leader in Utah

The LifeSkills Center for Leadership

Founded in 2001 by 'Famous' David W. Anderson and his family, the LifeSkills Center for Leadership began its work of providing leadership and personal development programming to at-risk and underprivileged Native youth.

Thomas C. Richards

After completing tactical combat crew training and airborne training in October 1966, Richards was assigned to the 19th Tactical Air Support Squadron at Bien Hoa Air Base, Republic of Vietnam, as a forward air controller with the 101st Airborne Division.

Washington Navy Yard

In 1898, David W. Taylor developed a ship model testing basin, which was used by the Navy and private shipbuilders to test the effect of water on new hull designs.

William A. Richards

This job lasted until 1912, when he traveled to Melbourne, Australia as a delegate for the U.S. Committee on Irrigation.

Winchester '73

Written by Borden Chase and Robert L. Richards, the film is about the journey of a prized rifle from one ill-fated owner to another and a cowboy's search for a murderous fugitive.

Wizardry 8

David W. Bradley had been the chief designer of Wizardry VI and Wizardy VII, but he was not involved in the design of this game.


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