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Definition: WHO |
WHONoun1. A United Nations agency to coordinate international health activities and to help governments improve health services. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "WHO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
Note: Who \Who\, pronoun [Possess. whose; object. Whom.]. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Agriculture | World Health Organization. (references) |
Census | (World Health Organization) Established 1946. An organization primarily responsible for all matters relating to international health issues. (United Nations). (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Which, Who. "Those which say so are mistaken." Who is applied to persons; which, to the lower animals and to inanimate things. "He has some friends which I know." Whom, the objective case form of the pronoun who, should here be used. "The dog, who was called Rover, went mad." Use which. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
The Who is a British rock band. They were noted for the dynamism of their live performances and for their thoughtful music, including Tommy, one of the first rock operas.
History
In its early days, the band was known as the High Numbers and played mostly rhythm and blues. They changed their name to The Who and became the most popular band among the British Mods, a social movement of the early 60s who rejected the older style of music favored by the Rockers. (Later in their career the band would produce an album and film Quadrophenia, based on the story of the Mods and Rockers, particularly riots between the two factions at Brighton).
The Who's first hit was the Kinks-like "I Can't Explain" in 1965, but they vaulted to fame with their album, My Generation. The album included such mod anthems as "The Kids are Alright" and "My Generation", which contained the famous line, "Hope I die before I get old". Another early favorite, showing Townshend's way with words, was "Substitute", which included the line, "I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth." The hit single "Pictures Of Lilly" was possibly one of the most accomplished of all European contributions to psychedelic music.
From the beginning, The Who drew attention because all three musicians, guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon played, in effect, lead parts, yielding music at once more cacaphonous and sophisticated than standard-issue rock tracks. The Who were natural showmen: Singer Roger Daltrey was a dynamic front man, twirling his microphone on the end of its cord while Townshend played windmill chords on his guitar with great sweeps of his arms, and the maniacal Moon bashed and crashed like no drummer ever before him. Through it all, Entwistle stood still and played intricate, innovative bass lines. At the end of their live performances in their first years, the band would sometimes smash their instruments and explode smoke bombs, signalling that they had given the audience all they had.
The Who were also notorious for treating their hotel rooms and dressing rooms the same way.
The band's gimmick of smashing their instruments backfired when they performed for a TV audience on the Smothers Brothers variety show. In order to give a more spectacular show for the audience, drummer Moon inserted an explosive device into his bass drum before the show began, and without the prior knowledge of the other members of the band. The drum exploded on live TV when the band smashed their instruments at the end of their set. Townshend was standing close to the drum when it exploded, however, and his hearing was permanently damaged as a result of the incident. Fans and defenders of Moon claim that Townshend's hearing damage came as a result of playing with the band for a long period of time, without wearing earplugs or other ear protectors.
The Who's shows have often had an extraordinary decibel output. For a period of time during the 1970s, they were listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the loudest rock band in the world, though other bands have since taken the title from them.
Although they had great success as a singles band, the Who, or more properly their leader Townshend, had their sights set higher, and over the years their music became more complex and their lyrics more evocative and involving. Townshend also began wanting to treat the Who's albums as unified works, rather than collections of unconnected songs. The first sign of this ambition came in their album The Who Sell Out, which played like an all-Who playlist from an offshore radio station. The Who completed the effect by adding actual jingles and their own commercials. Tommy, the first commercially successful rock opera, followed. Townshend then attempted an even more ambitious concept album, the Lifehouse project. Although it was never finished, the Who included some of the project's best songs in Who's Next, which would become their most successful album. Who's Next was followed by the Who's final rock opera, Quadrophenia. Other later albums were more personal, and Townshend eventually transferred this personal style to his solo albums.
In 1978 the band released Who Are You, a move away from epic rock opera and towards a more radio-friendly progressive rock sound. Tragedy struck, however on December 3, 1979 in Cincinnati, Ohio when a stampede for seats at Riverfront Coliseum during a Who concert killed eleven fans (band members were not made aware of the deaths until after the show). The release of the album was overshadowed by the drug overdose death of Keith Moon. The band would release two more studio albums in the early '80s with replacement drummer Kenney Jones, and in 1980 embarked on the first in a series of farewell tours. The band stopped recording new material settled into intermittent forays on the nostalgia tour circuit as Townshend focused on solo projects. Just before the outset of one such tour in the summer of 2002, John Entwistle was found dead, also of a drug overdose. After a brief delay, this tour commenced with bassist Pino Palladino filling in for Entwistle. On January 13, 2003, Townshend was arrested by Scotland Yard on suspicion of possessing and making indecent images of children and of incitement to distribute such images, after pornographic images are found on his home computer.
Band members
- Roger Daltrey - lead singer
- Pete Townshend - lead guitar/main songwriter
- John Entwistle - bass (until June 27, 2002); replaced on the 2002 tour by Pino Palladino
- Keith Moon - drummer (until 1978) (was replaced by Kenney Jones, who left in 1985; Simon Phillips and Zak Starkey were later tour replacements for Jones)
The Band Name
After originally peforming as The High Numbers, the band chose to take a shorter name because concert posters at the time typically ran a list of band names, devoting one line to each band; They reasoned that even if they were at the bottom of the bill their name would be printed in larger type because it was short.
Year Title V? Genre: Concept material: 1965 My Generation √ "Maximum R&B" 1966 A Quick One √ Pop Music (with a capital 'P'). Includes 10-minute "mini-opera". 1967 The Who Sell Out Psychedelia and satire. Classic concept album; incidentally includes excerpts from an unfinished Rock opera. 1969 Tommy Rock, plus some late psychedelia. Rock opera. 1971 Who's Next Rock. Salvaged from the failed Lifehouse project. 1973 Quadrophenia Rock. Rock opera. 1975 The Who By Numbers Rock. 1978 Who Are You Rock. Includes a few elements of John Entwistle's unfinished Rock opera. 1981 Face Dances Rock. 1982 It's Hard Rock.
- V? : √ = The album had a title and track list that varied between the UK and USA releases.
- See the album links for more information.
- Recommended:
- My Generation, The Who Sell Out, Tommy, Who's Next, and Quadrophenia.
- My Generation and Who's Next are the most accessible of the recommended set; the others will take some effort to fully appreciate.
- In any case, if you get the remastered CDs you should program your player to play only the original tracks until you have experienced the albums in their original form. See the links for the original track lists.
Period Collections
Notwithstanding their renown as a concept-album band, The Who had an active life as a singles band at least until 1972, when the single "Join Together" made the charts but was never released as part of an album. Their singles and various unreleased materials were occasionally collected and released as albums even while the band was still active, sometimes as stopgaps for years when no album was on the horizon.
The resulting albums are distinguished from the "Late Collections" (below) because they are collections of singles and other unreleased material of the relevant period rather than "greatest hits" or late "kitchen sink" collections. The material tends to be very good, and these albums are often thought of as Classic Who Albums along with the regular studio albums.
Year Title Comments: 1968 Magic Bus: The Who On Tour USA only Not a live album, as the title might imply. The material is chronologically localized, and includes several psychedelic goodies. 1968 Direct Hits UK only 1971 Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy A good history of the pre- Who's Next Who. Not available as a remastered CD, though most of the material appears as bonus tracks on the other remastered CDs. 1974 Odds and Sods The title describes it best!
- Recommended:
- ''Odds and Sods", preferably the remastered CD.
Live Albums
Year Title Comments: 1970 Live At Leeds Several variant editions exist; see the link. 1970 Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970 Not released until the film came out in 1996; see the filmography below. 1990 Join Together 25th anniversary reunion tour; accompanied by horn section, backup singers, etc.
- All three of the live albums are available as two-CD sets including a performance of Tommy plus about an hour of other material. Live At Leeds is also available on a single CD without the performance of Tommy.
- Recommended:
- The remastered single-CD version of Live At Leeds.
- Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970, for a live performance of Tommy.
Late Collections
- ...
Other Albums
- 1979 - The Kids Are Alright
- 1999 - BBC Sessions
- ...
EPs
- ...
Filmography
Films
- 1970 Listening to You: The Who at the Isle of Wight Festival (released direct to video only in 1996):Concert film of The Who's performance at the third Isle of Wight Festival. (Excerpts from this performance are also included in the film Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival, released in 1997.) For more information about the movie see the entry at The Internet Movie Database. A recording of The Who's performance was also released as a live album in 1996 under the name Live At The Isle Of Wight Festival 1970, as listed in the discography above.
- 1975 Tommy:Ken Russell's outrageous treatment of the Rock opera, with Oliver Reed, Ann-Margret, Jack Nicholson, and an all-star cast of Rock musicians including The Who. The soundtrack is described at the link. For more information about the movie see the entry at The Internet Movie Database.
- 1979 Quadrophenia:A Franc Roddam film that expands on the sketchy story of the Rock opera. It tells of the coming of age of a young mod at the time the mod versus rocker riots of 1964. Sting plays a prancing phony along with a cast of unknowns. The Who's participation was limited to the soundtrack, which includes songs from the Rock opera, new songs written for the soundtrack by Pete Townshend, and various Motown hits performed by the original artists. The soundtrack is described at the link. For more information about the movie see the entry at The Internet Movie Database.
- 1979 The Kids Are Alright:A Jeff Stein documentary about The Who, including live performances, TV appearances, and interviews from all phases of their career up to that point, including their US debut on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. For more information about the movie see the entry at The Internet Movie Database.
Other Appearances
Roger Daltrey also had a minor career in film and television, unrelated to his work with The Who, notably a role as Franz Liszt in Ken Russell's Lisztomania.
- 1967 Monterrey Pop:The Who's stage-wide destruction competes with Jimi Hendrix's lighter fluid. For more information about the movie see the entry at The Internet Movie Database.
- 1968 The Rolling Stones' Rock And Roll Circus (released direct to video only in 1996):Includes a for-the-occasion performance of "A Quick One While He's Away". Lore among Who fans holds that it was this performance that kept the film from being released, because The Who so upstaged the Rolling Stones with it. A portion of this performance is also included in The Kids Are Alright, described above. For more information about the movie see the entry at The Internet Movie Database.
- 1969 Woodstock:The movie about the famous music festival. Includes an excerpt of The Who's performance of Tommy. For more information about the movie see the entry at The Internet Movie Database.
Who Songs in Popular Culture
Original recordings of the Who's music were used intermittently in various contexts unrelated to the band, starting with the use of a track from Tommy in a March of Dimes television commercial during in the 1970s. However, starting in the late 1990s there was a marked increase in the rate of such usage, summarized below.
Movie Soundtracks
- "A Quick One", Rushmore (1998)
- "Baba O'Riley", A Bug's Life (1998) [trailer only; not on soundtrack]
- "Baba O'Riley", Summer of Sam (1999)
- "The Seeker", American Beauty (1999)
- "The Seeker", The Limey (1999)
- "Magic Bus", Shanghai Knights (2003)
Television Shows
- "Who Are You", CSI (2000) [title music]
Commercials
Many Who fans consider the commercialization of these songs to be a crass sell out on Peter Townshend's part, especially the use of the originally spiritual "Bargain" to sell SUVs.
- "Bargain", Nissan (20??) [chopped version]
- "Overture" from Tommy, Claritin (2002) [chopped version]
- "Happy Jack", Hummer (2003) [chopped version]
Influences
- Meher Baba's spiritual teachings influenced Peter Townshend's songwriting after about 1968. He is credited as Avatar on the Tommy album.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "The Who."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
WHO headquarters in Geneva
Copyright: WHO/Pierre VirotHeadquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the World Health Organization (WHO) is an agency of the United Nations, acting as a coordinating authority on international public health. WHO was established by the UN on April 7, 1948.
After years of fighting smallpox, WHO declared in 1979 that the disease had been eradicated. It is nearing success in developing vaccines against malaria and schistosomiasis and aims to eradicate polio within the next few years.
Other than actually curing already occurring diseases, the organization also put a lot of effort into producing articles on the cause of diseases. Leading to that they besides eradicating disease also, for instance, makes campaigns to boost consumption of vegetables world wide, take a negative stance towards tobacco, and research whether or not the electromagnetic field surrounding cell phones have a negative influence on health.
Members of the UN appoint delegations to the World Health Assembly, which votes for the WHO Director General -- currently, Jong-Wook Lee.
See also:
- International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
Notable Persons Associated With the WHO
- Gro Harlem Brundtland
- Hiroshi Nakajima
- Carlo Urbani
External link
- http://www.who.int
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "World Health Organization."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
WHO | Danish | Verdenssundhedsorganitionen | N/A |
WHO | Dutch | Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie | N/A |
WHO | English | World Health Organization | N/A |
WHO | Finnish | Maailman terveysjärjestö | Public Administration |
WHO | German | Weltgesundheitsorganisation | N/A |
WHO | Swedish | Världshälsoorganisationen | Public Administration |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: WHOSynonym: World Health Organization. (additional references) |
Crosswords: WHO |
| Specialty definitions using "WHO": People who indicate that they were born in the United States, Puerto Rico, a U.S. Island Area, or abroad of a U.S. citizen parent, Pharaoh who Knew not Joseph, Pharaoh who made Joseph his Viceroy ♦ worker who has recently given birth, worker who is breastfeeding. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "WHO" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (manducates). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don't think you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) Our society cannot condone men who take the law into their own hands (A Time to Kill; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) I'm sorry, who are you again (Fletch; writing credit: Andrew Bergman. Based on the novel by Gregory McDonald.) Who knows (The Matrix; writing credit: Andy Wachowski; Larry Wachowski) I feed on those who cross my path (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) | |
Lyrics | Who can it be knocking at my door (Who Can It Be Now?; performing artist: Men At Work) Who caught me, baby you taught me (Caught Up in You; performing artist: 38 Special) Who should be hurt (We Need A Resolution; performing artist: Aaliyah) For so many years I've wondered who you are (The Sign; performing artist: Ace Of Base) Or tell me who to eat with sleep with (Goody Two Shoes; performing artist: Adam Ant) | |
Clever | Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it. (references; author: Mark Twain) I'm astounded by people who want to 'know' the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown. (references; author: Woody Allen) He who flies proves himself guilty. (references; author: Danish Proverb.) Examine what is said, not him who speaks. (references; author: Arabian Proverb) He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation. (references; author: Proverb.) | |
Tongue Twisters | Big Billy, who had a big belly was also a big bully. (references; author: unknown) Thieves are thankless thugs who deserve our wrath. (references; author: unknown) Who washed Washington's white woolen underwear when Washington's washer woman went West? (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Film About a Woman Who... (1974) The Girl Who Came Gift-Wrapped (1974) Violence: What Price? Who Pays? No. 5 (1974) Who Are We? (1974) | |
Song Titles | Who Will Be With You When I'm Far Away (performing artist: Jimmy Durante) WHO LOVES YOU (performing artist: Four Seasons ) Who Will You Run To (performing artist: Heart) Who Will Save Your Soul (performing artist: Jewel) The One Who Really Loves You (performing artist: Mary Wells) | |
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 | Shown is a PET scan (positron emission tomography) of a 17 year old girl with a longstanding history of epilepsy, who has a brain tumor classified as a grade 1 astrocytoma. The PET scan indicates that the tumor is not metabolizing excess glucose and is therefore benign. PET scans allow doctors to tell if a tumor is malignant without resorting to a surgical biopsy. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Seen are two young girls with acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) with a medical technician who is taking a blood sample from one of the girls while the other one looks on. The girls have undergone chemotherapy. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). |
 | Characteristic Negri bodies are present within a Purkinje cell of the cerebellum in this patient who died of rabies. Credit: CDC. |  | Gross autopsy specimen of liver from child who died of Reye's syndrome. Cut surface shows slight pallor due to fat accumulation in liver cells. Credit: CDC. |
 | Astronomers who are using the Hubble telescope to observe the gravitational lensing of light ... Credit: NASA. |  | H. Arnold Karo Director of Coast and Geodetic Survey 1955-1965 Deputy Administrator of ESSA with rank of Vice-Admiral 1965-1966 With Moro Dwarf Dicky Dicky who was local judge Dicky Dicky was 47 and later found to have leprosy. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |
 | Florence Martus, Savannah's Waving Girl This statue commemorates a lady who brightened the lives of thousands of sailors Florence waved goodbye to hundreds of ships leaving the port of Savannah. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection. |  | Point Udall Millennium Monument. A sundial was erected here, the easternmost point of United States Territory to commemorate the coming of the new millennium . The marker represents "a continuum between all who have come before and all who are yet to come.". Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Sunrise at the Point Udall Millennium Monument. Here the new day begins for the United States in the Western Hemisphere. The marker represents "a continuum between all who have come before and all who are yet to come.". Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | The engineers who built the Marble Point landing strip - the first ground strip in Antartica. Back row - Bill McTigue, Navy Hydro Office; Commander Stephens, USN; __; Dr. Bob Nichols, Tufts University; front row - ___; Father Linehan, Wesson Observatory; ___. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
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| "Who am I" by Piers Warmers Commentary: "A little friend, contemplating the meaning of life. Taken @ Myall lakes, NSW, Australia. Let me know if you want a bigger copy." | "Can you tell me who i am 9" by Janelle Siegrist Commentary: "My sister." |
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| Author | Quotation |
Count Leo Tolstoy | Only those live who do good. |
George Eliot | Those who trust us educate us. |
Oscar Wilde | Who, being loved, is poor? |
Ovid | The rest who does not know? |
Persius | He conquers who endures. |
Robert Browning | Who knows most, doubts most. |
Stanislaw J. Lec | He who limps is still walking. |
Thomas Carlyle | The king is the man who can. |
Virgil | Trust one who has tried. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | No village or individual shall be compelled to make bridges at river banks, except those who from of old were legally bound to do so. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | He therefore who may resist, must be allowed to strike. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | But if there should remain two or more who have equal Votes, the Senate shall chuse from them by Ballot the Vice President. (reference) |
Amendment to US Constitution | 1795-1995 | But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. (reference) |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | According to this, bourgeois society ought long ago to have gone to the dogs through sheer idleness; for those of its members who work, acquire nothing, and those who acquire anything, do not work. (reference) |
Abraham Lincoln | 1863 | The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. (The Gettysburg Address) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Germany will directly compensate her nationals who may have been dispossessed by the aforesaid liquidations. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | Lloyd-George, who was the head of the British delegation at Versailles. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
United Nations | 1948 | Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Harriet was one of those, who, having once begun, would be always in love |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | And he held out his hand to Sylvie, who had placed herself by me, looking a little shy of him. |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | The yard was so dark that even Scrooge, who knew its every stone, was fain to grope with his hands |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | Among those who promoted the design, Governor Bellingham was said to be one of the most busy |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Lucky are they who can get near them |
The Fellowship of the Ring | J.R.R. Tolkien | All that is gold does not glitter, Not all who wander are lost |
Absalom and Achitophel | John Dryden | Who think too little, and who talk too much |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | It was not like the smell of the old peasants who knelt at the back of the chapel at Sunday mass |
Time Enough for Love | Robert Heinlein | A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Who sent you hither |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Do not have sex with anyone who has genital sores. (references) | |
For children who survive, treatment is symptomatic. (references) | ||
Neuroscientist -- a scientist who studies the brain. (references) | ||
Business | In March, 41.5% of those who use Internet via home PC were women. (references) | |
This is especially true for those who specialize in upscale design. (references) | ||
Users who later wish to change suppliers may do so after two months. (references) | ||
Children | Thailand | Parents who allow a child to enter the trade also are punishable. (references) |
Guatemala | Only one of eight girls who begin school graduates from the 6th grade. (references) | |
Ethiopia | Nationwide the total enrollment of children who are of school age is 57.4 percent. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Equatorial Guinea | Gabon expelled Nchama, who found refuge in Spain. (references) |
Turkey | Gulen, who lives abroad, was still being tried in absentia. (references) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Satellite dishes are popular among those who can afford them. (references) | |
Discrimination | Brazil | The entity gives free legal assistance to homosexuals suffering from discrimination or who are victims of verbal or physical hate crimes. (references) |
Zambia | These amendments also prohibit traditional chiefs, who are accorded authority and privileges as chiefs, from running for political office unless they resign their chieftainships. (references) | |
South Africa | Legal recourse is available to those who believe that they have been discriminated against; however, entrenched attitudes and practices, as well as limited resources, limit the practical effect of these protections. (references) | |
Economic History | Tunisia | THIS FIGURE INCLUDES MANY WHO ARE UNDER-EMPLOYED. (references) |
Madagascar | Richard Ratsimandrava, who was assassinated 6 days later. (references) | |
Eritrea | It is not always clear who is responsible for these attacks. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bangladesh | Police sometimes rape women who are not in custody. (references) |
Afghanistan | Soldiers reportedly beat staff members who resisted. (references) | |
Uganda | It was unknown who was responsible for any of the attacks. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Gabon | Pygmies who complained about their situations often were beaten. (references) |
Indonesia | Transmigrants sometimes are settled on land who ownership is disputed. (references) | |
Colombia | Few opportunities exist for those who might wish to participate more fully in modern life. (references) | |
Minorities | India | Devadasis, who generally are Dalits, may not marry. (references) |
Iran | Muslims who convert to Christianity also suffer discrimination. (references) | |
Hong Kong | It serves the approximately 67,000 Indonesian domestic helpers who work in the SAR. (references) | |
Political Economy | SAUDI ARABIA | Non-Saudi workers who seek to organize may be deported. (references) |
Netherlands | The First Chamber has 75 members who are elected indirectly. (references) | |
Italy | He succeeded Giuliano Amato, who led a center-left government. (references) | |
Political Rights | Dominican Republic | Voting is restricted to those who can document nationality. (references) |
Equatorial Guinea | Some opposition politicians who campaigned were beaten and jailed. (references) | |
Samoa | Retaliation was directed against witnesses who testified regarding bribery. (references) | |
Trade | Sri Lanka | Customers who consume goods and services for non-business purposes cannot claim the deduction. (references) |
Pakistan | It provides special credit facilities to certain exporters who have irrevocable proof of orders. (references) | |
Kuwait | This resolution should also state who has the authority to amend the signatories to the account. (references) | |
Travel | Philippines | The person who invites pays. (references) |
Nigeria | Most U.S. citizens who travel to Nigeria do so without incident. (references) | |
Ecuador | Interpreters are available for Americans who do not speak Spanish. (references) | |
Women | Haiti | A wife who kills her husband under similar circumstances is not excused. (references) |
Portugal | The hot line was especially helpful to female victims who were illiterate. (references) | |
Romania | Few resources are available for women who experience economic discrimination. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Nepal | Roughly 60 percent of children who work also attend school. (references) |
Kyrgyz Republic | These laws also apply to children with disabilities who work. (references) | |
Iceland | Firing workers who report unsafe or unhealthy conditions is illegal. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ACEPHALOUS, adj. In the surprising condition of the Crusader who absently pulled at his forelock some hours after a Saracen scimitar had, unconsciously to him, passed through his neck, as related by de Joinville. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
David Berkowitz | Not a lot. Once in a while some people come up. I have a number of friends from the area who come by and visit. |
David Gest | To be honest with you, I liked her, I respected her, but I wasn't somebody who had any of her records. Now I have all of her records. |
Dennis Miller | Enron taught us we can't trust the regulators who are supposed to supervise it. |
Jodie Foster | Well, critics that want to talk about how much money everybody makes. And, you know, who shouldn't wear pink. |
Liza Minnelli | Sure, I was nervous. But I feel so good, I feel so well, you know, and so centered. And I know what I do and I know who I am. |
Lynne Cheney | V is for valor. V is for the valor shown by those who have kept us free. And it's a page mostly about military heroes. |
Rosie O'Donnell | My brother Danny, who is gay as well, introduced me to her. He met her at a fundraiser and thought we'd hit it off, and we did. |
Rush Limbaugh | Rush pointed out that college kids are mind-numbed robots who go through a liberal indoctrination. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Besides, something is due to the Man who puts his life in his hands, hazards his health, and forsakes the Sweets of domestic enjoyments. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect, must be disposed to sleep of course. |
Abraham Lincoln | 1861-1865 | Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored land are still competent to adjust in the best way all our present difficulty. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | What America has done has given renewed hope and courage to all who have faith in government by the people. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | Our allies are the millions who hunger and thirst after righteousness. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | You are men who in your 'lives fought for life. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | So if you know how to read, find someone who can't. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | Now those who commit crimes should be punished. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | Terrorists who once occupied Afghanistan now occupy cells at Guantanamo Bay. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "WHO" is generally used as a pronoun (wh-) -- approximately 99.42% of the time. "WHO" is used about 206,408 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Pronoun (wh-) | 99.42% | 205,214 | 52 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.57% | 1,174 | 6,572 |
| Total | 100.00% | 206,408 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "WHO". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Issy | N/A | N/A | Who prevails with God |
| Salman | N/A | N/A | One who recompenses |
| Agrippa | N/A | Biblical | One who causes great pain at his birth |
| Ahikam | N/A | Biblical | A brother who raises up or avenges |
| Alexander | N/A | Biblical | One who assists men |
| Anah | N/A | Biblical | One who answers |
| Anna | N/A | Biblical | One who gives |
| Annas | N/A | Biblical | One who answers |
| Apollos | N/A | Biblical | One who destroys |
| Asaph | N/A | Biblical | Who gathers together |
| Ashur | N/A | Biblical | Who is happy |
| Baal-hamon | N/A | Biblical | Who rules a crowd |
| Balak | N/A | Biblical | Who lays waste or destroys |
| Baruch | N/A | Biblical | Who is blessed |
| Belteshazzar | N/A | Biblical | Who lays up treasures in secret |
| Bilhah | N/A | Biblical | Who is old or confused |
| Birsha | N/A | Biblical | A son who beholds |
| Candace | N/A | Biblical | Who possesses contrition |
| Cesar | N/A | Biblical | A name applied to those who are cut out of the womb |
| Chalcol | N/A | Biblical | Who nourishes |
| Cherethims | N/A | Biblical | Who cut or tear away |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "WHO": a man who is easy to approach ♦ accountants who know the price of everything and the value of nothing ♦ algerian who fought for the french rule ♦ all who ♦ anyone who ♦ be among those who ♦ child who cry a lot ♦ first person who come ♦ he who ♦ he who laughs last laughs best ♦ it was she who told me ♦ let those believe who may ♦ of who ♦ one who crowns ♦ one who has lost all in a fire ♦ patient who undergone surgery ♦ person who checks minutes ♦ person who gives information ♦ person who goes by interrail ♦ person who has held a doctorate for fifty years ♦ person who is in charge ♦ run it up the flagpole and see who salutes ♦ she ... who ♦ they who ♦ what in the world! who would have thought it! ♦ who are they? ♦ who are you signal function ♦ who brings home the bacon ♦ who but he? ♦ who called this morning? ♦ who can see ♦ who can tell? ♦ who can tell? who shall decide when doctors disagree? ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces ♦ who cares! ♦ who cares? ♦ who cares? whatever you like ♦ who do you report to? ♦ who else ♦ who else is coming? ♦ who else? ♦ who has ever heard smth. like that? ♦ who is calling? ♦ who is he ♦ who is he? ♦ who is it? ♦ who is playing? ♦ who is she? ♦ who is there? ♦ who is this gentleman? ♦ who is to blame? ♦ who is who ♦ who is your date? ♦ who knows ♦ who needs enemies? ♦ who pays the piper calls the tune ♦ who tailors you? ♦ who the devil are you? ♦ who the devil! ♦ who the devil? ♦ who were you under? ♦ who would have thought? it beats the Dutch ♦ who's who ♦ with who ♦ worker who has recently given birth ♦ worker who is breastfeeding. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "WHO": who-aids, who-are-you, who-ari, who-did-it, who-did-what, who-does-what, who-done-it, who-dun-it, who-dunnit, Who-dun-what, who-gets-what, who-gives-a-damn, who-got-what-in-which-treaty, who-har, who-is-this-jerk-and-why-am-i-married-to-him, who-knew-what, who-knows-what, who-knows-what-enough, who-knows-when, who-knows-where, Who-length, Who-o-o-o, Who-ors, who-runs-what, who-said-what-to-whom, Who-unicef, who-was, who-we-are, who-what-why-and-when, who-whom', who-would. | |
Ending with "WHO": God-knows-who, you-know-who. | |
Containing "WHO": she-who-is-alone. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
who is | 4,503 | book die harry in new potter who | 203 |
who want to be a millionaire | 4,123 | sars who | 201 |
