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"Be nice & human w. employes if ever have any of own; office wretched hole anyway bec. of econ. system; W. used to say, why make worse by being cranky."

The Job An American Novel Sinclair Lewis 1918

All the coast from the Bay of Castles to that place, _lies E. and W. -- N.E. and S. W._ off which there are sundry small islands, the whole being stony and barren, without soil or trees, except in a few narrow vallies.

A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 06 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Robert Kerr 1784

I'm surprised, I was expecting it would, just like I expected it would when our latest president (the W. is short for "War-Pig" in case you were curious) got "elected".

elfpvke Diary Entry elfpvke 2003

However, there are three possible routes for this resistance to appear: fruit bats recognize the smell of fermented fruit and only partake of the fruit that is not yet too far gone; fruit bats are able to process alcohol effectively and quickly; and what we call the W.C. Fields effect: fruit bats build up a tolerance over a lifetime of hard drinking.

Ars Technica 2010

I’m a pretty standard example of an American upper-middle class upbringing and could serve as a great example of the term W.A.S.P.

Archive 2007-08-01 Neth 2007

I’m a pretty standard example of an American upper-middle class upbringing and could serve as a great example of the term W.A.S.P.

Neth Space Neth 2007

Althouse linked to that marvelous Ellen interview with one of the Bush daughters where she has her call W.

Perhaps the world is fully of brilliant naturally comic characters who will reach us one day — perhaps by calling up Ellen DeGeneres. Ann Althouse 2009

I think the what a mess is Van Sion, and am not sure about Rijnveld now, there is one called W.

Daffodil Hit Parade-Mid Season Blooms « Fairegarden 2008

BLITZER: ... somebody in Washington that they call W., too.

CNN Transcript Nov 8, 2007 2007

But at the same time, Cheney has sort of taken over the whole world -- and W. still thinks he's deferential because he calls W. "the man."

Archive 2004-10-01 2004