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  • n  United States writer and dramatist (1897-1975)
  • n  United States filmmaker (born in Austria) whose dark humor infused many of the films he made (1906-2002)
  • a  marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
  • a  in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated
  • s  in a state of extreme emotion
  • s  deviating widely from an intended course
  • s  (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
  • s  without a basis in reason or fact
  • s  talking or behaving irrationally
  • s  involving risk or danger
  • s  fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
  • s  located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
    a godforsaken wilderness crossroads
  • s  intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
  • s  without civilizing influences
  • s  (of the elements) as if showing violent anger

  • But these days many Chinese are walking on the wilder side.
News & Articles

  • Teach by Example
    At the Kilowatt North picnic area in Wilder Lisa Leary of Wilder takes Griffin and Stoney for a swim. Leary was dog sitting for a friend, both dogs are rescue dogs.
    June 26, 2013 - Valley News
  • Nebraska Chautauqua: Wednesday’s schedule of events
    Mark Twain (Warren Brown) introduces himself and fellow Chautauquans (from left) Standing Bear (Taylor Keen), George Washington Carver (Paxton J. Williams), Laura Ingalls Wilder (Karen Vuranch), Grenville Dodge (Patrick McGinnis) and Willa Cather (Betty Jean Steinshouer) during a "Meet the Chautauquans" event Tuesday evening at the Riverside Golf Club in Grand Island.
    June 26, 2013 - Grand Island Independent
  • I-275 reopens in NKY after crash
    Interstate 275's eastbound lanes between Taylor Mill and Wilder reopened around 4 p.m. following a crash, a Kenton County dispatcher said Tuesday.
    June 25, 2013 - The Cincinnati Enquirer
Quotes

  • Lindsay Lohan in Sydney Morning Herald
    The way that Matthew [Wilder, the director] wants to shoot it, is not vulgar,Lohan says. "It's not about the raw sex and the shots of her fully nude. It's more about getting into her psyche and seeing how scared she was. That's what I want...
  • Kai Bird in Forbes
    It left only one man standing: Wilder Foote,Bird said.

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