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  Marilyn Waring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She became the youngest member in the New Zealand Parliament in 1975, at the age of 22; and remained in the House of Representatives until 1984.
Waring has worked as a consultant for organizations such as the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the UNIFEM (United Nations Development Fund for Women), the Yukon Territorial Government, the Ford Foundation, and the Ontario Provincial Government.
Waring made history during her political career when she withdrew her support from her party over the issue of a nuclear-free New Zealand, precipitating a snap election in 1984.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marilyn_Waring   (827 words)

  
 Fred Waring - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Waring once touted the blender by saying, "…this mixer is going to revolutionize American drinks." Waring blenders became an essential appliance for every “modern kitchen.” It was said that Waring blenders were used by Jonas Salk for developing his polio vaccine.
During the war years, Waring and his ensemble appeared at countless war bond rallies and entertained the troops at training camps.
In 1983, the 83-year-old Waring — by now considered king of popular choral music — was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest honor for a civilian, by President Ronald Reagan.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fred_Waring   (988 words)

  
 Virginia Waring / Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians
Virginia Waring / Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians
Fred Waring was all of these and more, an enigma who held together a major musical organization for sixty-seven years, a man at ease on stage but loathe to sit through meetings, a man so earnest in his patriotism that by the 1980s he was considered almost an endangered species.
Her gracefully written biography traces Waring's childhood in Tyrone, Pennsylvania, his rise to fame as a bandleader, development and promotion of the Waring Blendor®, leadership of Shawnee Press, concert tours, radio and television programs, and his legacy of the highest possible standards in music as in life.
www.press.uillinois.edu /s97/waring.html   (298 words)

  
 glbtq >> social sciences >> Waring, Marilyn
Waring's ability to value the concrete practicality of the farmer's life as highly as the cerebral world of academia is consistent with the major focus of her economic philosophy--the idea that the current market system is fatally flawed because it does not reflect what people really value in their lives.
Waring attended college at the Victoria University of Wellington, where, in 1974, she was awarded a B. in political science and international politics.
Waring began by seeking a way to place a market value on women's work, but she soon realized that the real problem was the acceptance of market value as the standard of worth.
www.glbtq.com /social-sciences/waring_m.html   (886 words)

  
 Solid! -- Fred Waring Biography
Waring's orchestra supposedly has the distinction of being the first to record a George Gershwin tune, the first to record a rumba, and the first dance band to record with a vocal chorus.
Waring's early repertoire consisted of peppy rhythms, novelties and period vocals.
Waring appeared on several radio shows over the years and had his own television program from 1949 to 1954.
www.parabrisas.com /d_waringf.php   (497 words)

  
 NewsScan Publishing Inc. - NewsScan Daily Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Waring started his musical career with a troupe known as Waring's Banjazztra in the early 1920s, later in the decade changing their name to Waring's Pennsylvanians.
Waring also had a passion for golf and was much in demand as a tournament host.
In 1982 Waring was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in the same ceremony as Louis L'Amour and the widow of Joe Louis.
www.newsscan.com /cgi-bin/findit_view?table=honorary_subscriber&id=569   (468 words)

  
 Rob Waring Biography
Rob Waring was born (1956) in Yonkers, New York and lived in Manhattan from 1974 until he moved to Oslo in 1981.
Rob Waring began composing while he was in high school and this interest grew during the years he studied at Juilliard, where he took composition as an elective course with Stanley Wolfe.
Rob Waring was invited to exhibit his sound installation SONOMATRIX at the Henie-Onstad Art Center in Bærum, Norway in March - April, 1996 as part of an international exhibit of electronic art ("Electra 96"), and at the International Computer Music Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece in September, 1997.
www.notam02.no /~rob/waringbio.html   (617 words)

  
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Waring, H. Peer tutoring in a graduate writing center: Identity, expertise and advice resisting.
Waring, H. Also" as a discourse marker: Its use in disjunctive and disaffiliative environments.
Waring, H. Balancing the competing interests in seminar discussion: Peer referencing and asserting vulnerability.
www.tc.columbia.edu /academic/tesol/Faculty/Waring.htm   (565 words)

  
 Edward Waring Biography | World of Mathematics
Waring was also known for his work with quartic curves and the approximation of imaginary roots.
Waring was born near Shrewsbury in Shropshire, a borough in western England, to John Waring, a wealthy farmer, and his wife, Elizabeth.
Waring initially attended school in Shrewsbury before going on to Cambridge University, where he was enrolled as a sizar at Magdalene College in 1753.
www.bookrags.com /biography/edward-waring-wom   (906 words)

  
 William Waring Cuney - The Black Renaissance in Washington, DC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Waring Cuney, as he was better known among his contemporaries, is often referred to either as one of the minor poets of the Harlem Renaissance or one of the “second echelon” poets of the New Negro Movement.
William Waring Cuney, the son of Norris Wright Cuney II and Madge Louise Baker, was born in Washington, DC.
Waring and Langston Hughes were both students at Lincoln University during the same period.
www.dclibrary.org /blkren/bios/cuneyww.html   (690 words)

  
 Waring School
She stopped scheduling Waring's varsity teams against other schools' junior varsity squads and got the teams into leagues, with other small independent private schools, where they could be competitive.
Both Lindsay's son, Jack, and daughter, Barri, attend Waring and each was a member of one of the championship soccer teams.
Lindsay said she decided to send her children to Waring so that they would not be labeled as ''jocks" at a more traditional school.
www.waringschool.org /parents/displayEvent.asp?i=11   (975 words)

  
 Math Trek: Waring Experiments, Science News Online, July 17, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Earlier the same year, Edward Waring (1736–1798), a practicing physician and mathematics professor at the University of Cambridge, had conjectured that something similar could be proved for cubes, fourth powers, and so on.
Waring had a reputation as a brilliant mathematician deeply concerned about fundamental concepts in mathematics.
Waring likely arrived at his conjectures about cubes and fourth powers by collecting data and looking for patterns.
www.sciencenews.org /articles/20040717/mathtrek.asp   (1287 words)

  
 African American World . Arts & Culture . Art Focus | PBS.
Born in Hartford in 1887, Waring was the daughter of Rev. Robert Wheeler, a pastor at Connecticut's first all African American church and Mary Wheeler, an amateur artist and teacher.
Waring focused her artistic endeavors on portraiture and was among the artists displayed in the country's first all African American art exhibit, held in 1927 by the Harmon Foundation, an organization that promoted the work of African American artists, writers, educators and scientists.
Although Waring made more trips to study in Europe, her main focus was on making art education available to African Americans.
www.pbs.org /wnet/aaworld/arts/waring.html   (201 words)

  
 Waring Room - Special Collections - UCDHSC Denison Memorial Library
The Waring Room is considered a quiet study area, and is not for study groups.
James J. Waring, M.D. (1883-1962) was the first full-time Professor of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Waring came to Colorado to recuperate from tuberculosis, which interrupted his medical studies at Johns Hopkins University.
denison.uchsc.edu /waringroom.html   (449 words)

  
 IEEEVM: Fred Waring
Waring’s Pennsylvanians were so popular that their 1923 recording of “Sleep” for the Victor Talking Machine Company sold 40,000 copies its first day of release.
Waring’s Pennsylvanians, reformulated later as the Waring Glee Club, depended on both live radio appearances and studio recordings, which sometimes resulted in copyright problems.
Waring lobbied hard for the authors of recorded music to receive fair compensation for their work.
www.ieee-virtual-museum.org /collection/people.php?taid=&id=1234679&lid=1   (340 words)

  
 Narratives: Rose of Sharon, Laura Wheeler Waring
Laura Wheeler Waring is known both for her lifelong dedication as art instructor and department head at Cheyney Training School for Teachers in Pennsylvania and for her artistic accomplishments as a portrait painter and illustrator.
William Smith, the "Rose of Sharon" is generally believed to be the Sweet-Scented Narcissus, a flower native to Palestine, in Waring's painting the flowers are hibiscus.
Waring's choice to use biblical verse and subjects for her works was undoubtedly influenced by her middle-class, socially conscious upbringing and the strong religious presence of her father, Reverend Robert F. Wheeler, and her maternal grandfather, Reverend Amos Noe Freeman.
www.artgallery.umd.edu /driskell/exhibition/sec3/whee_l_01.htm   (171 words)

  
 Fred Waring
For six decades, Fred Waring and his group, the Pennsylvanians, spread their smooth sound through-out the world.
Since Waring's livelihood depended heavily on both media, he lobbied hard for broadcasting reforms so the authors of recorded music would received fair compensation for their work.
He was the host of several radio shows and "The Fred Waring Show," which ran from 1949 to 1954.
www.fredsociety.com /waring.html   (389 words)

  
 Waring Anthropology Endowment
Waring was one of the pioneers of Anthropology in Georgia and is responsible for defining the prehistoric cultural chronology of the coastal region of Georgia.
Although professionally trained in medicine, Dr. Waring had interests in archaeology and directed and participated in several major archaeological excavations in the southeastern United States.
It is indeed fortunate that the training of a new generation of anthropologists is encouraged and supported by the generosity of the Waring family.
www.westga.edu /~anth/endowment.htm   (86 words)

  
 WARING PLAYGROUND - Historical Sign
Waring Playground, like the nearby avenue, is named for Maria Waring, a local landowner between 1859 and 1872, and daughter of Robert Payne Waring.
Waring Playground is located in Bronx Park near the corner of Bronx Park East and Waring Avenue.
Waring Playground opened on September 28, 1939, with a comfort station, a basketball court, a tennis court, four see-saws, a flagpole, two sand pits, a drinking fountain, swings, a horizontal bar, slides, and a wading pool.
www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=11676   (385 words)

  
 Ethnomusicology
And Dr. Waring was privileged to be one of the last doctoral students of Professor McAllester before his retirement in the early 1990s.
In this regard, Dr. Waring possesses a broad based knowledge of world music, and is an authority on music of the USA, a specialist in areas of African and Latin American, an organologist (the scholarly study of musical instruments), and an instrument maker.
Waring Music is an educational organization involved with "public ethnomusicology" through publishing, performing, teaching, composing, and providing access to resources for information, services, and products.
www.waringmusic.com /ethnomusicology.htm   (405 words)

  
 Waitrose.com - Waring Blender - Waitrose Food Illustrated
In 1935, when Osius asked Waring's help to market and finance his mixer, Waring was one of the most famous men in the US.
Waring tirelessly promoted the gadget on radio and through his singing group, The Waring Blendors.
Over the years, the Waring has retained its classic soda-bar style, while other mixers, especially during the late Seventies, were the size of a small multi-storey car parks, taking hours to assemble and a week or two to wash up.
www.waitrose.com /food_drink/wfi/cooking/techniques/0108095.asp   (413 words)

  
 Richard B. Waring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Waring proposed a model for the excision of introns.
Waring determined the nature of the RNA structure surrounding the splice site and continues to study the mechanism of RNA self-splicing.
In other studies, Dr. Waring is investigating the role played by intron encoded proteins in RNA catalyzed splicing and intron mobility.
www.temple.edu /biology/faculty/waring.html   (97 words)

  
 Antonio J. Waring, Jr.
In recognition of the pioneering contributions of Antonio Waring to Georgia archaeology, the archaeological laboratory of the State University of West Georgia was named in his honor in 1992.
Although professionally trained in medicine, Dr. Waring had an intense interest in archaeology and pursued that interest throughout much of his life.
Waring also carried out important coastal excavations at the Deptford site in 1937 and the Bilbo site in 1939.
www.westga.edu /~ajwlab/waringbio.htm   (226 words)

  
 Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians
Called "the man who taught America how to sing" Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians were a fixture on radio in the '40's and '50's and these 23 songs were recorded in 1949 and 1950 when at the height of their popularity.
Fred Waring was born in Pennsylvania in 1900.
Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians added dance and other visual embellishments to captivate the early TV audience but it was the popularity of his music which is his most lasting legacy.
www.singers.com /jazz/vintage/waring.html   (2329 words)

  
 Waring Pro Kitchen Appliances
Waring, universally known for introducing the first blender to American consumers, is one of today's leading manufacturers of professional quality, small kitchen appliances for the home, foodservice and laboratory industries.
Waring juicers are juice extractors, turning fruits and vegetables into delicious and nutritious pulp-free juices.
Waring meat grinders and slicers are perfect for making sausage and ground meat specialties at home.
www.livingincomfort.com /waprokiap.html   (444 words)

  
 "Dualit-Plus" Toasters Recalled by Waring   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
To date, Waring has received six reports that toasters turned on by themselves after interruptions in the electrical power.
Waring is recalling only Dualit-Plus electronic toasters (those with the letter "E" as the fifth digit of the model number); Dualit toasters with manually operated timers that do not have the letter "E" in the model number are not included in this recall.
Waring will send toaster owners a package in which to ship the toaster back to Waring free-of-charge.
www.cpsc.gov /cpscpub/prerel/prhtml95/95036.html   (265 words)

  
 Penn State Libraries: Fred Waring's America: Biography
Fred Waring is known to generations as the "Man Who Taught America How To Sing," "America’s Singing Master," and the man who helped make the popular song a classic American Art Form.
Waring finally put aside his pursuit of an architectural engineering degree at Penn State and became leader of the band.
Fred Waring was recognized as one of the nation’s leading music educators.
www.libraries.psu.edu /waring/fwbio.html   (936 words)

  
 Michael Waring, Director
He is responsible for planning, developing, and coordinating liason activities between U-M and different institutions including: the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, educational associations, professional societies, and public policy organizations.
Waring's political experience includes service as Vice President of Government Relations for the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Washington D.C., where he lobbied and worked on communications issues for 11 years.
Waring began his career as a TV/radio news reporter and producer at stations in Iowa from 1974-82.
www.umich.edu /~govrel/mwaring.html   (263 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:
Waring is on the banks of the Guadalupe River, seven miles downstream from Comfort and twelve miles north of Boerne in Kendall County.
It was founded in 1887 and originally known as Waringford, when R. Waring, a native of Waringford, Ireland, provided a right-of-way for the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railway for its Kerrville line.
The population of Waring remained between 100 and 150 from 1890 until 1914, when it reached a high of 300.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/WW/hnw19.html   (242 words)

  
 Waring Blender Jars, Cutters, and Parts from MarBeck.com blenders part
Waring cloverleaf blender jar assembly with lid and cutter WCJA
Replacement blender cutter blade for use with Waring cloverleaf-shaped glass blender jars.
Replacement blender lid for Waring blenders using cloverleaf-shaped glass jars.
www.marbeck.com /blenders_waring.html   (204 words)

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