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* '''Woolworth:''' a chain of low-price stores; opened in England at the time and deridied by the conservative press for introductincg 'Amercanism', consumerism, and 'luring' women into decandence and selfindulgence. | * '''Woolworth:''' a chain of low-price stores; opened in England at the time and deridied by the conservative press for introductincg 'Amercanism', consumerism, and 'luring' women into decandence and selfindulgence. | ||
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* '''Sir William Walworth:''' Lord Mayor and one of the Nine Worthies of London | * '''Sir William Walworth:''' Lord Mayor and one of the Nine Worthies of London | ||
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walworth Wikipedia] | ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Walworth Wikipedia] | ||
Revision as of 03:27, 11 April 2010
- Woolworth Building: a skyscraper in New York City (792 ft. tall), commissioned by Frank W. Woolworth → Tim Finnegan supposedly helped to build New York's skyscrapers
- Woolworth: a chain of low-price stores; opened in England at the time and deridied by the conservative press for introductincg 'Amercanism', consumerism, and 'luring' women into decandence and selfindulgence.
- Sir William Walworth: Lord Mayor and one of the Nine Worthies of London
- wall
- Walworth Road: site of a Jewish synagogue in Dublin (now a Jewish museum)
- Waal: Dutch distributary of the Rhine; also a village and district in southern Holland
