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W

Steve Breen

The San Diego Union-Tribune

Cagle

17 October 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

https://www.thedailybeast.com/
vanessa-files-for-divorce-from-kobe-and-other-scandals-of-nba-wags-photos

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

WBC

World Boxing Council

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/10/
tyson-fury-beats-deontay-wilder-wbc-heavyweight-title-fight-boxing

WBO

World Boxing Association

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

WFP

World Food Programme

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

WGA

Writers Guild of America        USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/25/
1198908202/wga-reached-a-tentative-deal-with-studios-but-the-strike-isnt-over-yet

WHO

World Health Organisation / Organization

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

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/10/
netanyahu-says-israel-is-not-seeking-to-occupy-gaza

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/31/
983156340/theory-that-covid-came-from-a-chinese-lab-takes-on-new-life-
in-wake-of-who-repor

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

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 - broken link

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/uk/2009/dec/12/tony-blair-iraq-chilcot-inquiry

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-guard-idUSN01447031
20080201

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

Daily Mirror frontpage

Saturday November 19, 2005

WSJ

Wall Street Journal        USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/26/
1241022478/wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovichs-jail-sentence-
has-been-extended-by-a-russian-cour

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

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

WTF

What the Fuck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Fuck#Modern_usage

https://www.gocomics.com/clayjones/2024/11/09

WTO

World Trade Organisation / Organization

https://www.wto.org/

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

WTO OKs Sanctions

Vs. U.S. in Trade Row

R    31 August 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

WWE

World Wrestling Entertainment

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/06/
1147635496/wwes-vince-mcmahon-is-back-after-misconduct-investigation

WWF

World Wildlife Fund

https://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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