• "Word on a Wing" is a song written and recorded by the English singer-songwriter David Bowie in 1975 for the Station to Station album, where it appears...
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  • original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2021. Guarisco, Donald A. "'Word on a Wing' – David Bowie". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 3 June...
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    word pterygion meaning "wing". Popliteal pterygium syndrome, a congenital condition affecting the face, limbs, or genitalia but named after the wing-like...
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    occur in hydroplanes, sailboats, and submarines. For many centuries, the word "wing", from the Old Norse vængr, referred mainly to the foremost limbs of birds...
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  • The West Wing is an American political drama television series created by Aaron Sorkin that was originally broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1999, to...
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    originally referred just to the wing, as it is a plane moving through the air. In an example of synecdoche, the word for the wing came to refer to the entire...
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  • a unicorn. In some literature and media, it has been referred to as an alicorn, a word derived from the Italian word alicorno,(itself from Latin wing...
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    as the word for "Secret" or "Protected", and "Wing Chun" refers to Siu Lam Wing Chun Tong (the Always Spring Hall). With "Yim Wing Chun" being a secret...
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  • Independents. The word wing was first appended to Left and Right in the late 19th century, usually with disparaging intent, and left-wing was applied to...
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  • Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, also known in Japan as New Mobile Report Gundam Wing (新機動戦記ガンダムW(ウイング), Shin Kidō Senki Gandamu Wingu), is a 1995 Japanese mecha...
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  • Lennon) – 4:02 "Word on a Wing" – 6:06 "Stay" – 7:25 "Waiting for the Man" (Lou Reed) – 6:20 "Queen Bitch" – 3:12 Disc two "Life on Mars?" – 2:13 "Five...
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  • an A-side in the US the same month in heavily edited form—running 3:21—with the catalogue number PB 10736 and fellow album track "Word on a Wing" as...
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  • to Station" "Suffragette City" "Fame" "Word on a Wing" "Stay" "I'm Waiting for the Man" "Queen Bitch" "Life on Mars? "Five Years" "Panic in Detroit" "Changes"...
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    Loanword (redirect from Loan word)
    A loanword (also a loan word, loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language (the recipient...
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  • featured a length of 3:30. The song subsequently appeared as the second track on Station to Station, between the title track and "Word on a Wing", with a longer...
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    It is a sequel series to The L Word, which aired on Showtime from 2004 to 2009. Similar to its predecessor, the series follows the lives of a queer group...
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  • Wingback (redirect from Wing Back)
    The word wingback has several senses: Wing chair, a type of high-backed chair Wingback (American football), is one of several varieties of running backs...
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  • Wing commander (Wg Cdr or W/C) is a senior officer rank used by some air forces, with origins from the Royal Air Force. The rank is used by air forces...
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    the genus name derives from a combination of the Greek prefix πολυ-, poly- (many) and the root word πτερον, pteron (wing or fin) – "many fins". In shallow...
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  • "Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer" is a World War II song with lyrics by Harold Adamson and music by Jimmy McHugh, published in 1943 by Robbins Music Corp...
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  • 3:40 "Somebody Up There Likes Me" (from Young Americans, 1975) – 6:31 "Word on a Wing" (from Station to Station, 1976) – 6:02 "Always Crashing in the Same...
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  • Adventures. "Life on Mars?" "Thursday's Child" "Something in the Air" "Word on a Wing" "Can't Help Thinking About Me" "China Girl" "Always Crashing in the...
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  • Na-rae, also spelled Na-lae, is a Korean feminine given name. The word itself is a native Korean word meaning "wing" and does not have corresponding hanja...
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  • we, 'our side,' had captured a crucial word from the enemy. 'Libertarians' had long been simply a polite word for left-wing anarchists, that is for anti-private...
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  • delivers several puns on the word "gnome". At the time, "The Laughing Gnome" failed to provide Bowie with a chart placing, but on its re-release in 1973...
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    Lawrence O'Donnell (category People appearing on C-SPAN)
    commentator, and host of The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, an MSNBC opinion and news program that airs on weeknights. He was a writer and producer for the...
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  • presented as opposed, although a particular individual or group may take a left-wing stance on one matter and a right-wing stance on another; and some stances...
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  • Wing Commander is the first game in Chris Roberts' space flight simulation Wing Commander franchise by Origin Systems. The game was first released for...
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  • navy ethos. While the term "wing" had been used in the cavalry, its more general use predominated. Accordingly, the word "wing", with its allusion of flight...
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    Alula (redirect from Bastard wing)
    bastard wing, (plural alulae) is a small projection on the anterior edge of the wing of modern birds and a few non-avian dinosaurs. The word is Latin...
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