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Steve Breen

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Cagle

17.10.2008

 

W = 43rd U.S. president George W. Bush

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W

 

George W. Bush

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush

 

 

https://www.npr.org/series/99119649/president-george-w-bush-s-legacy 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wags / WAGS

 

Wives and girlfriends

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2011/12/21/
kobe-and-vanessa-bryant-get-divorced-other-wives-
and-girlfriends-of-scandalized-basketball-stars-photos.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/feb/16/
why-women-wags-john-terry

 

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2008/mar/08/
fashion.europeancapitalofculture2008 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/jun/23/
fashion.worldcup2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WASP

 

1 - White Anglo Saxon Protestant        USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/05/
opinion/krugman-e-pluribus-unum.html

 

http://www.thedailybeast.com/galleries/2012/08/16/
george-washington-to-george-w-bush-11-wasps-who-have-led-america-photos.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/28/
opinion/28feldman.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/17/
opinion/l17south.html

 

 

 

2 - Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs        USA

 

a first-of-its-kind Army unit

made up of women

who flew planes

and trained men to do the same

during World War II.

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/us/arlington-
female-pilot-elaine-harmon-buried-at-arlington.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WAVA

 

Violence Against Women Act        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/24/
679838115/violence-against-women-act-expires-because-of-government-shutdown

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WBA

 

World Boxing Association

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/may/06/
floyd-mayweather-beats-miguel-cotto

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jan/06/
amir-khan-allegations-interference-examined-wba

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WBO

 

World Boxing Association

 

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/13/
manny-pacquiao-in-vintage-form-to-avenge-tim-bradley-defeat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WFH

 

working from home / work from home

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/apr/26/
how-working-from-home-has-shown-us-the-real-lives-behind-the-job-titles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WFP

 

World Food Programme

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/apr/23/
food.biofuels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WHO

 

World Health Organisation / Organization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.who.int/en/

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/04/28/
847453237/what-is-who-and-what-does-it-do

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/03/08/
813401722/who-official-says-coronavirus-containment-remains-possible

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/17/
803762187/the-who-knows-insulin-is-too-expensive-how-it-plans-to-drive-down-the-price  

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/25/
538539473/new-report-shows-64-of-195-countries-arent-meeting-basic-vaccination-target

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/27/
495654086/who-says-92-percent-of-the-worlds-population-breathes-sub-standard-air

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/
world/europe/who-declares-ebola-in-west-africa-a-health-emergency.html

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/apr/30/
who-calls-urgent-action-antibiotics-antimicrobial-resistance

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/
health/who-issues-guidelines-for-earlier-hiv-treatment.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/13/
health/diesel-fumes-cause-lung-cancer-who-says.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/28/
who-public-confidence-flu-pandemic 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/feb/07/
smoking

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2006-01-11-turkey-
bird-flu_x.htm

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2002/jun/20/
research.medicalscience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wi-Fi

 

Wireless Fidelity

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wis.

 

Wisconsin, USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/03/travel/36-hours-in-green-bay-wis.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

wltm

 

Would Like To Meet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

VMAs

 

Video Music Awards        USA

 

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/awards/mtvmusicawards/2008-09-07-
vmas-main_N.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WMD

 

Weapons of Mass Destruction
 

 

 

Steve Bell        Guardian        25 September 2003

https://www.theguardian.com/cartoons/archive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/jul/06/
spy-agencies-flawed-information-saddam-wmds-iraq-chilcot

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/feb/27/
bush-administration-sold-iraq-war

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/defector-admits-wmd-lies-iraq-war

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/15/curveballs-lies-consequences-iraqi-defector

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/08/donald-rumsfeld-book-misstatements-wmd

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/dec/14/blair-iraq-regime-change-inspections

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/12/tony-blair-iraq-chilcot-inquiry

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-guard-idUSN0144703120080201 - February 1, 2008

 

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/apr/08/uk.iraq

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W.N.B.A.

 

Women's National Basketball Association        USA

 

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
womens-national-basketball-association 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/28/
sports/basketball/after-two-decades-wnba-still-struggling-for-relevance.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WPA

 

Works Progress Administration        USA

 

The Works Progress Administration

(WPA; renamed in 1939

as the Work Projects Administration)

was an American New Deal agency,

employing millions of job-seeker

 (mostly unskilled men)

to carry out public works projects,

including the construction

of public buildings and roads.

 

It was established on May 6, 1935,

by Executive Order 7034.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Works_Progress_Administration

 

 

https://www.loc.gov/item/today-in-history/july-25/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wpc / WPC

 

Woman police constabulary        UK

 


Saturday November 19, 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WSPU

 

Women’s Social and Political Union        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/feb/06/
1910s-suffragettes-suffragists-fern-riddell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTC

 

World Trade Center        USA

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-07-31-
wtc-lung-loss_x.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1540044.stm

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-04-
wtc-families_x.htm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/26/
newsid_2516000/2516469.stm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTO

 

World Trade Organisation / Organization

 

https://www.wto.org/

 

 

http://www.usatoday.com/money/world/2007-04-09-
us-china-trade_N.htm

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/13/
business/worldbusiness/13cnd-trade.html

 

 

 

WTO OKs Sanctions

Vs. U.S. in Trade Row

R, 31.8.2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W. Va.

 

 West Virginia        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/03/04/
590689844/still-no-school-in-w-va-as-salary-snag-ensures-strike-will-go-on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WWI / WWII

 

World War I / II

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-03-27-
cover-ww1-vet_N.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-04-09-
pentagon-ww2-airmen_N.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WWF

 

World Wildlife Fund

 

http://wwf.org/  

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/13/
human-impact-wwf-living-planet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W.Va.

 

West Virginia        USA

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/09/
466144398/w-va-house-oks-bill-letting-people-carry-concealed-guns-without-a-permit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WWW

 

World Wide Web

 

https://www.w3.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wyo.

 

Wyoming        USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/22/
travel/36-hours-in-jackson-hole-wyo.html

 

 

 

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