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  • noun (European mythology) a supernatural smith and king of the elves; identified with Norse Volund

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  • Wieland is a writer of the first magnitude, and his book is an irresistible combination of nifty (and mostly very expensive) machinery, high adventure, gore, lots of excellent photos, and plenty of very sound advice which you can use even if you never hunt anything bigger or more dangerous than whitetail deer.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • Wieland is a writer of the first magnitude, and his book is an irresistible combination of nifty (and mostly very expensive) machinery, high adventure, gore, lots of excellent photos, and plenty of very sound advice which you can use even if you never hunt anything bigger or more dangerous than whitetail deer.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2010

  • Wieland is a writer of the first magnitude, and his book is an irresistible combination of nifty (and mostly very expensive) machinery, high adventure, gore, lots of excellent photos, and plenty of very sound advice which you can use even if you never hunt anything bigger or more dangerous than whitetail deer.

    Petzal Reviews the Second Edition of Terry Wieland's "Dangerous-Game Rifles" 2010

  • Lynen, working in Wieland's laboratory on the metabolism of acetic acid, succeeded in isolating the so-called activated acetic acid, which is the precursor of all lipids in our body and the common denominator of a number of metabolic processes.

    Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1964 - Presentation Speech 1972

  • "Wieland," forerunners of Hawthorne and Poe; tales of sleep-walkers and ventriloquists, of persons who are in pursuit of the _elixir vitae_, or who have committed the unpardonable sin, or who manufacture monsters in their laboratories, or who walk about in the Halls of Eblis, carrying their burning hearts in their hands.

    A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century 1886

  • "Wieland," the most powerful of Brown's novels, was published in

    The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850 Albert Henry Smyth 1885

  • "Wieland" was a story of monstrous crime occasioned through the agency of ventriloquism.

    The Philadelphia Magazines and their Contributors 1741-1850 Albert Henry Smyth 1885

  • Other men at Weimar, such as Wieland, Knebel, and Jean Paul, were admired, but Goethe was the cynosure of all eyes.

    History of Rationalism Embracing a Survey of the Present State of Protestant Theology 1868

  • His chief productions are two works of fiction, "Wieland" and "Arthur Mervyn," which from their merit, and as the first of American creations in the world of romance, were favorably received, and early attracted attention in

    Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Anne C. Lynch Botta 1853

  • "The history is that housing has led the country out of recessions until this one," said John Wieland, the award-winning founder of John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods, a major Southeastern residential developer, in an interview with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

    Jerry Chautin: It's Construction, Stupid! It's Home Building, Stupid! Jerry Chautin 2011

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