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''The Silver Bird's Nest'' by Hannah F. Gould from a child's reading book "Williams's Choice Literature Book 4" by Sherman Williams


Alfred Nelson-Williams

He then earned a public administration diploma from the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration at Legon before returning to serve as the commanding officer for the 1RSLAR until 1997.

Nelson-Williams entered into the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces in 1975 as an enlisted serviceman, then became commissioned as a regular combatant officer after completing an officer cadet training program in the Egyptian Military Academy in April 1978.

Andrew Foster-Williams

The Daily Telegraph in London named him their "Newcomer of the Year" and said "Andrew Foster-Williams is an impressively intelligent artist who sang both Leporello in Don Giovanni and Alidoro in La Cenerentola with impressive vocal polish. We should be hearing more of him."

Arbor Lakes

In keeping with the lifestyle center tradition, the Shoppes at Arbor Lakes is made up of mainly upscale national chains such as Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Brooks Brothers, P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Banana Republic, Anthropologie, Coldwater Creek, Talbots, Express, Lane Bryant, Victoria's Secret, The Gap, J.Crew, and American Eagle.

Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams

In 1906, she married Harold Williams (1876–1928), a New Zealand-British Slavist who was working as a journalist in Saint Petersburg for the Morning Post.

Arthur John Williams

They had two sons, Eliot Crawshay-Williams who was also a Member of Parliament and Leslie Crawshay.

Berger Paints India

Sherwin-Williams, an American company bought control of the company in the 1900s.

C. E. Wynn-Williams

The one using the Lorenz SZ 40/42, code-named Tunny at the Government Code & Cypher School at Bletchley Park, was used for high-level traffic between German High Command and field commanders.

California Closets

California Closets began business in 1978, was purchased by Williams-Sonoma in 1990, which in turn sold California Closets in 1994 returning it to an independent company status.

Chris Bart-Williams

He also helped the Owls reach the Football League Cup semi-finals in the 1993–94 season and also appeared in their short-lived UEFA Cup campaign (the club's first European run since the 1960s) the previous season.

Comex Group

Sherwin-Williams Company (SHW), the largest U.S. paint retailer, agreed in November 2012 to acquire closely held Consorcio Comex SA de CV for about $2.34 billion including debt to gain Mexico’s largest paint maker.

Crispin Nash-Williams

After studying mathematics at Cambridge University, earning the title of Senior Wrangler in 1953, he remained for his graduate studies at Cambridge, studying under the supervision of Shaun Wylie and David Rees.

Cynthia Irwin-Williams

In 1962, Irwin-Williams led the team that first excavated the Hueyatlaco site in Mexico.

Daniel Pabst

In addition to the above museums, he is represented in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Brooklyn Museum, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Detroit Institute of Art, the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute in Utica, NY, and the Winterthur Museum in Wilmington, DE.

David Douglas-Home, 15th Earl of Home

Lord Home has been married since 1972 to Jane Margaret Williams-Wynne (born 1949), of the Williams-Wynn baronet family.

David Lewis-Williams

While still utilising Semiotic theory (particularly the work of Charles Sanders Peirce) as a heuristic device, David's Ph.D. focused upon the various San ritual ceremonies, particularly the Healing or (so called) Trance Dance, and their connection to the rock art.

His book, The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art (Thames & Hudson) won the American Historical Association’s 2003 James Henry Breasted Award.

Derrell Palmer

After retiring in 1953, Palmer moved back to Texas and worked for Sherwin-Williams for 32 years.

Eliot Crawshay-Williams

In June 2010, a letter written by Crawshay-Williams to Churchill, pleading with the prime minister to come to terms with Adolf Hitler, was sold by New York publishing executive Steve Forbes.

Essie Mae Washington-Williams

It explored her sense of dislocation based on her mixed heritage, as well as going to college in the segregated South after having grown up in Pennsylvania.

She did not visit the segregated South until 1942, when she met relatives in Edgefield.

Henry Sylvester-Williams

Thomas particularly was famous for his book Froudacity (1889), in which he refuted and questioned the view espoused by Oxford historian James Anthony Froude that black people could not be entrusted with self-government.

Incitrio

Prior to Incitrio, Ms. Hill’s national clients included: Hallmark, Williams-Sonoma, Mars Candy, Energizer, Ford Motor Co., Sun Microsystems, Intel, Maersk: Shipping and Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, Merrill Lynch and Vis.

John G. W. Husted, Jr.

He remarried on June 6, 1972 in London, England to Mrs. Elizabeth Keeling, a twin daughter of Major-General Sir John Hanbury-Williams and Lady Hanbury-Williams.

John Hanbury-Williams

In 1934 he appeared as a witness in Princess Irina Alexandrovna of Russia’s famous and successful libel suit against Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Limited following the release in England of the film Rasputin, the Mad Monk (USA title: Rasputin and the Empress).

Juan Radrigán

Sue Dunderdale’s production of ‘Las Brutas’ (‘Beasts’) premiered at Theatre 503 in September 2011, and in October-November 2013, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean coup, Robert Shaw’s new translation of ‘Hechos Consumados’ (‘Children of Fate’) starring Sian Reese-Williams, will premiere at The Bussey Building in Peckham.

Juliet Rhys-Williams

However, she was against signing the Treaty of Rome and campaigned vigorously against joining the Common Market, which she thought would hand over British sovereignty to Europe and betray the Commonwealth.

Kathryn Harby-Williams

She currently works with Radio Sport New Zealand and is a Sky TV commentator for Sky Sport 1's live netball coverage of the ANZ Championship and international tests, along with former Silver Ferns Tania Dalton and Anna Stanley, and with co-Australian national representative Natalie Avellino; she also co-hosts the weekly netball show On Court with Stanley.

Kensington by-election, 1988

The Kensington by-election, in Kensington, on 14 July 1988 was held after the death of Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Brandon Rhys-Williams.

Kensington South by-election, 1968

The Conservative Sir Brandon Rhys-Williams, a management consultant, won the seat with 75.5 percent of the vote and a slightly reduced majority (13,747) on a much reduced turnout.

Lead-based paint in the United States

In February 2006, the jury decided in favor of the state and said that Sherwin-Williams, NL Industries and Millennium Holdings would have to pay for the clean-up of lead paint in the state.

Matroid partitioning

A formula proved by Crispin Nash-Williams characterizes the arboricity exactly: it is the maximum, over all subgraphs H of the given graph G, of the quantity E(H)|}{|V(H)|-1}\right\rceil.

Monier Monier-Williams

It is also now available on CD-ROM and is the basis of the Cologne Digital Sanskrit Lexicon.

In 1883 the Prince of Wales laid the foundation stone; the building was inaugurated in 1896 by Lord George Hamilton.

Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute

A highlight of the permanent collection is the first of the two original sets of Thomas Cole's famous series of paintings titled The Voyage of Life, (the second set is at the National Gallery Washington, DC.).

Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art in the British Isles

This idea was first applied to the petroglyphs on the Neolithic monuments of the British Isles by David Lewis-Williams and T. Dowson.

Patrice Bart-Williams

Most of the following year was spent performing sell out shows throughout Europe, including the 6.000 capacity Zénith de Paris and his first London shows.

In 2008 Patrice released his album Free Patri-Ation on Universal.

He performed with Youssou N'Dour in Senegal, the Tamika Reggae Awards in New York, Manu Chao and Damon Albarn at the festival In the Desert.

Peter Havard-Williams

Havard-Williams held senior posts in the libraries of Swansea University and the University of Liverpool.

A collector of Bloomsbury Group first editions, he also wrote on one of Bloomsbury's best known members, Virginia Woolf.

Havard-Williams received degrees from universities in Wales and Oxford.

Prime Minister of the Netherlands

The independent cabinets of Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten also have their own prime ministers: Mike Eman (Prime Minister of Aruba), Gerrit Schotte (Prime Minister of Curaçao), and Sarah Wescot-Williams (Prime Minister of Sint Maarten).

Raylawni Branch

The night Medgar Evers was assassinated, June 12, 1963, she went to Jackson and sat with the widow Myrlie Evers-Williams.

Reem Alasadi

She has worked with several British designers such as John Richmond, Robert Cary-Williams, and Stella McCartney, who have all courted her services, which has led to highly successful consultations.

Regina Askia-Williams

As a model, Askia-Williams appeared in several Nigerian print and television commercials including Kessingsheen Hair Care, boutique chain Collectibles, and most famously, Visine.

Askia-Williams is married to American Rudolph 'Rudy' Williams, nephew of Ron Everette and grandson of Fess Williams; together the couple have two children - daughter Teesa Olympia and son Rudolph Junior.

Richard John Maddern-Williams

Whilst in Norwich he was Music Master at the Norwich High School for Boys, and also Music Master for the Norwich Pagent in 1912.

Richard John Maddern-Williams FRCO (1885 - 1955) was a music teacher and organist based in Norwich.

Rolf Dudley-Williams

During the 1954 controversy over Rudolph Cartier's television adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell, Williams attacked "the tendency, evident in recent British Broadcasting Corporation television programmes, notably on Sunday evenings, to pander to sexual and sadistic tastes".

Rudolph Berking-Williams

He is of German and Samoan descent and currently lives in Auckland, New Zealand.

Shanésia Davis-Williams

She is well known for her role on the television series Early Edition (1996–2000), and her movie contributions include With Honors (1994) and The Weather Man (2005).

Sian Reese-Williams

Reese-Williams was cast to play the role of Genesis Walker she was created by series producer Kathleen Beedles, although by the time her first episode aired on 1 April 2008, Anita Turner had taken over from Beedles.

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet

His direct ancestors, the Williams family, were an important parliamentary and landowning family from Denbighshire, north Wales, who in the 17th Century married into the famous Wynn family of Gwydir, the direct patrilineal descendants of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd 1137–1170, and the only surviving branch of that dynasty.

Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 9th Baronet

In 1949, at the age of eighty-seven, he inherited the Williams-Wynn Baronetcy and estates from a cousin, Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn, 8th Baronet (1891–1949).

The Williams-Wynn baronets were an important family of Denbighshire landowners, whose 17th century ancestor had married into the Wynn family of Gwydir, the patrilineal descendants of Owain Gwynedd, Prince of Gwynedd (1137–1170), and in time they became the senior surviving branch of his family.

South Carolina gubernatorial election, 1998

Bubba was quickly elevated to celebrity status in South Carolina and was even adored by Gamecock fans when he made appearances at Williams-Brice Stadium for USC football games.

T. H. Parry-Williams

Sir Thomas Herbert Parry-Williams (21 September 1887 – 3 March 1975) was a Welsh poet, author and academic.

Tom Lovatt-Williams

What was not publicised at the time was that it was based on his childhood experiences at Ellesmere, near Oswestry, where he was born.

William Grover

William Grover-Williams, British-French racing driver and World War II spy

Williams-Bulkeley baronets

The eighth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Beaumaris while the ninth Baronet represented Caernarvonshire and Beaumaris.

Williams-Wynn baronets

Today, the family is represented by Sir David, 11th Baronet, who remains active in Welsh life in Denbighshire and Flintshire.

Through primogeniture, Sir David Williams-Wynn, 11th Baronet, may be heir to the Aberffraw legacy and claim as princes of Wales, and could theoretically use the appellation "Dafydd III of Wales".

In the past, some Plaid Cymru members have advocated that an independent Wales would be better served by a Welsh constitutional monarchy, one which would engender the affection and allegiance of the Welsh people and legitimize Welsh sovereignty.

Williams–DuBois House

The Federal style was in ascendance, and builders were often asked to copy the similar Adamesque mode popular in Britain for the preceding half-century.

Williams, Arizona

Most recently it was represented by Republican Rick Renzi from 2003 to 2008, Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick following the 2008 election and Republican Paul Gosar following the 2010 election.

Williams was the last town to have its section of Route 66 bypassed, due to lawsuits that kept the last section of Interstate 40 in Arizona from being built around the town.

Williams' Blood

"Williams' Blood" is an autobiographical song, written by Jones and music duo Wendy & Lisa, explaining how Jones takes after her mother's, Marjorie Jones née Williams, musical side of the family rather than that of her disciplinarian father Reverend Robert Jones.

Williams' jerboa

Williams' Jerboa (Allactaga williamsi) is a species of jerboas native to Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran and Turkey.

Williams's Lark

The other inhabits a particular area (elevated between 600m and 1,350m) lying between Isiolo and Garba Tula.

Wynn-Williams

:* Wynn Williams & Co, a law firm in Christchurch named after the above

William Wynn-Williams (1828–1913), 19th-century Member of Parliament and prominent lawyer in Christchurch


1963 World Series

This is the World Series that Jack Nicholson's character R.P. McMurphy lobbies unsuccessfully to watch on television (and subsequently "announces" by imagining the action) in Miloš Forman's 1975 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.

Amado Granell

After the liberation of Paris, The Nine was transferred to the German front, where Granell actively participated in taking the Eagle's Nest, the holiday retreat of Adolf Hitler in the Bavarian Alps.

Arlene Golonka

Despite that setback, she continued working in other plays such as Take Me Along with Jackie Gleason, Walter Pidgeon and Robert Morse (448 performances from late 1959 to late 1960), Neil Simon's first Broadway play, Come Blow Your Horn, which ran 677 performances from February 1961 until October 1962, and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, starring Kirk Douglas, from November 1963 until January 1964.

Arnos Grove tube station

The station building appears as "Marble Hill" underground station in the episode "Wasps' Nest" of the Agatha Christie's Poirot TV series with David Suchet as Hercule Poirot.

Boar's Nest

The building used as the Boar's Nest in Covington, Georgia, during the filming of the first five episodes of season one still exists.

Bounce Streetdance Company

Lately they have been touring with their latest creation, Insane in the Brain, a streetdance version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, named after Cypress Hill's featured song, "Insane in the Brain".

Calymene blumenbachi

Calymene blumenbachii, sometimes spelled - erroneously - blumenbachi, is a species of trilobite discovered in the limestone quarries of Wren's Nest Hill in Dudley, England.

Charlotte Bingham

Charlotte Bingham (b. 29 June 1942 in Haywards Heath, Sussex, England) is an English novelist who has written over 30 mainly historical romance novels and has also written for many television programmes including Upstairs, Downstairs, Play for Today and Robin's Nest.

In the 1970s Brady and Bingham wrote episodes for the TV series Play for Today, Three Comedies of Marriage, Yes, Honestly and Robin's Nest.

Edible bird's nest

The most heavily harvested nests are from the Edible-nest Swiftlet or White-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus fuciphagus) and the Black-nest Swiftlet (Aerodramus maximus).

Edward Eggleston

His summer home, Owl's Nest, in Lake George, New York, eventually became his year-round home.

Hawks Nest

Hawk's Nest, New York, a scenic overlook near Port Jervis, New York, USA

The Hawk's Nest, NCAA men's basketball student section for the University of Iowa Hawkeyes

Hawks Nest Tunnel Disaster

Hubert Skidmore, a West Virginian, immortalized the tragic events from the common man's perspective in his book Hawk's Nest which followed the fictional accounts of several tunnel workers and their families.

In the Hands of the Prophets

Fletcher, best known for playing the role of Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), received the Academy Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in recognition of her work.

Johnnie Mortimer

Mortimer later wrote series for radio such as Men from the Ministry and Round the Horne, before writing many TV situation comedies including Foreign Affairs, Man About the House, Never the Twain, Robin's Nest and George and Mildred, often working in partnership with Brian Cooke.

King of California

New York Times film critic Stephen Holden described King of California as "a sequel of sorts" to One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), noting the similarity between the characters of Charlie and Randle McMurphy (played by Jack Nicholson) in the two films.

Lucy Porter

Her first high profile acting role was alongside Christian Slater in the stage version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2004.

Michael Redfern

He has appeared in numerous television dramas and comedies as policemen over the years, namely The Young Detectives, Crossroads, The Offence, And Mother Makes Five, George & Mildred, Robin's Nest, The Young Ones, Filthy, Rich and Catflap, Boon and Fool's Gold: The Story of the Brink's-Mat Robbery

Paul Ready

His West End credits include One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which starred Christian Slater.

Rami Heuberger

At the end of his studies, Heuberger participated in several theater plays, among them Macbeth, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Hamlet, Waiting for Godot, Le Bourgeois gentilhomme and Black Box.

Reggie Bennett

The following night at ECW Barely Legal, she debuted as a member of Raven's Nest, interfering with the World Heavyweight Championship match between Funk and Raven.

Robin's Nest

In 2004, a Polish version was screened, named Dziupla Cezara.

Swallow's nest

"Rondine al nido" ("Swallow's Nest"), a romance by Italian composer Vincenzo de Crescenzo

Swallow's Nest, Tirilye

The Swallow's Nest (Historical Pine Coffee) lies on a high hill past the Stone School and is referred as the balcony of Tirilye.

Tessa Wyatt

From 1977 to 1981, Tessa Wyatt played Vicky Nicholls, later Tripp, in the ITV sitcom Robin's Nest, a spin-off the successful sitcom Man About the House.

The Mare's Nest

When it came to the attention of the authorities, "one night I was visited at my flat by men in belted raincoats who came and physically seized the chapter. I was summoned to the Cabinet Office, twelve men sitting around a polished table, where it was explained to me why the information was not being released and we appeal to you as an English gentleman not to release it."

Three Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

It is the band's only release as a trio, after the departure of Howard Levy but before the arrival of Jeff Coffin.

Walthall Robertson Joyner

He defeated Thomas Goodwin (incumbent mayor James G. Woodward didn't run) in 1907 and under his leadership a memorial was made of the Wren's Nest after Joel Chandler Harris's death.