Wood is the hard, fibrous substance found beneath the bark in trees, shrubs, and other similar plants. It is a result of the secondary growth processes of these plants. The cambium layer (the region between the xylem and phloem in vascular plants)...

A chip on the shoulder indicates wood higher up. (Yiddish) Chop, and you will have splinters. (Danish) Crooked wood burns just as well as straight. (German) Dry wood makes a quick fire. (Danish) Green wood makes a hot fire. (English) He that picks up...

Wood is a hard, fibrous, lignified structural tissue produced as secondary xylem in the stems of woody plants, notably trees but also shrubs. This tissue conducts water to the leaves and other growing tissues and has a support function, enabling plants...

Woods, Finchem meet Associated Press Thursday, November 30, 2000 Tiger Woods seemed well on his way to resolving a dispute with PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem over marketing rights following a meeting Woods described as "very positive, very upbeat." Woods,...

The woods have always been a source of dread fears and dark unknowns. It is perhaps for this reason that most of the world's forests have been cut down. But the other side of this fear is also mankind's deep yearning for the mystery...

An elevator ride became a turning point 14 the life of inventor Granville Woods, a peer of visionaries Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse and Alexander Graham Bell.Elevators needed operators to control which floors to stop at. To call the elevator, passengers would ring a bell, and...

Tiger Woods looked as unbeatable as ever Sunday at Firestone. Woods erased a one-shot deficit in two holes, then buried Rory Sabbatini and the rest of the field to win the Bridgestone Invitational for the third straight year and send him to the PGA Championship...