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The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and serving as both a private home for the first family and a public symbol of the executive branch.^[1]^[2] Designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban following a competition won in 1792, construction began that year under President George Washington's oversight, with the cornerstone laid shortly thereafter, though Washington never occupied it; the building was first inhabited by President John Adams in 1800.^[3]^[4] Originally known informally as the "President's Palace" or "Executive Mansion," it received its current name officially in 1901 under Theodore Roosevelt after earlier whitewashing of its sandstone exterior in 1798 to protect against weathering.^[5] Over its history, the White House has undergone significant expansions and reconstructions, including major additions by Thomas Jefferson in 1807 for office space and a thorough rebuild after British forces burned it during the War of 1812 in 1814, restoring its neoclassical structure while adapting to growing presidential needs.^[3] It functions as a ceremonial venue for state dinners, diplomatic receptions, and national addresses, hosting world leaders and embodying American governance, with features like the Oval Office—established in 1909—central to executive decision-making on policy, crises, and legislation.^[2] Notable events include its role in pivotal moments such as the end of World War II announcements and civil rights advancements, alongside extensive renovations like Harry Truman's 1948–1952 project that preserved its integrity amid structural decay.^[3] While revered as a living museum of American history with preserved artifacts and artwork, it has faced challenges including security enhancements post-9/11 and occasional structural maintenance, underscoring its enduring functionality despite evolving threats and administrative demands.^[1]

Government and politics

White House

The White House, commonly abbreviated as WH in political and media shorthand, denotes the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States, situated at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.^[6]^[7] It operates as the administrative hub for the executive branch, facilitating daily governance, policy formulation, and coordination with federal agencies.^[1] The term WH specifically references this governmental entity in contexts distinguishing it from other meanings of the abbreviation, emphasizing its role in embodying presidential authority rather than architectural or historical minutiae.^[8] Construction commenced with the cornerstone laid on October 13, 1792, under the oversight of President George Washington, though the building remained unfinished when President John Adams and his family occupied it in November 1800.^[9]^[10] This timeline underscores its establishment as the seat of executive power amid the early formation of the U.S. government, symbolizing the continuity and centrality of the presidency in national affairs.^[11] The structure's enduring presence has reinforced its status as an icon of American executive authority, distinct from legislative or judicial branches.^[12] In political usage, references to the White House or WH often serve as a metonym for the President's office, staff, and policy positions, as seen in official communications and reporting on executive actions.^[13] This convention streamlines discourse on presidential initiatives, such as announcements from the Oval Office or interactions with Congress, without implying the physical building itself.^[14] Such shorthand prevails in governmental documents and journalism, prioritizing functional clarity in discussions of U.S. governance.^[7]

Units of measurement

Watt-hour

The watt-hour (Wh), often abbreviated as Wh, is a unit of electrical energy defined as the amount of energy delivered by a power of one watt sustained for one hour. This equates precisely to 3,600 joules, derived from the fact that one joule equals one watt-second and one hour comprises 3,600 seconds. The unit stems from the base SI units of power (watt, or joule per second) and time (second), providing a practical measure for cumulative energy rather than instantaneous power. In practical applications, the watt-hour quantifies energy storage and consumption across devices and systems. For instance, battery capacities are commonly rated in Wh, such as a smartphone battery specified at 10–15 Wh, indicating the total energy available before recharge under ideal conditions. Electric vehicle batteries, like those in the Tesla Model 3, are rated in kilowatt-hours (kWh), where 1 kWh equals 1,000 Wh, enabling direct comparisons of range potential; a 75 kWh pack thus stores 75,000 Wh. Household appliances' efficiency is assessed via Wh per cycle or per year, as in Energy Star ratings, where a refrigerator might consume 400–500 kWh annually, or 400,000–500,000 Wh. The watt-hour relates to other units like ampere-hours (Ah) through voltage: energy in Wh equals current in Ah multiplied by voltage in volts (Wh = Ah × V), allowing conversion for systems at constant voltage, such as a 12 V lead-acid battery with 100 Ah capacity yielding 1,200 Wh. This formula underscores verifiable energy calculations, independent of efficiency losses, which must be factored separately based on device-specific testing; for example, round-trip efficiency in lithium-ion batteries typically ranges from 85–95%, but raw Wh ratings provide the baseline capacity. Multiples like kilowatt-hour (kWh) dominate utility billing, with global residential averages around 3,000–10,000 kWh yearly depending on climate and usage, reflecting total delivered energy.

Business and industry

Warehouse

A warehouse, abbreviated as WH in logistics and supply chain contexts, is a large-scale commercial building designed for the bulk storage of goods, raw materials, inventory, and products prior to their distribution to manufacturers, retailers, wholesalers, or end consumers.^[15]^[16] These facilities serve as critical nodes in supply chains, enabling the temporary holding of items to balance supply and demand fluctuations, facilitate order fulfillment, and support just-in-time manufacturing and e-commerce operations by minimizing stockouts and excess inventory.^[17]^[18] The modern warehouse traces its origins to the 19th-century Industrial Revolution, when mass production and rail transport necessitated dedicated storage sites near factories and ports to handle increased volumes of raw materials and finished goods.^[19]^[20] By the late 1800s, these evolved into multi-story brick or iron-framed structures optimized for vertical space and manual handling, often integrated with emerging canal and railroad networks for efficient inbound and outbound flows.^[21] In the 20th century, advancements like forklifts in the 1920s and conveyor systems post-World War II shifted designs toward single-level layouts with wider aisles, paving the way for today's automated fulfillment centers equipped with robotics, AI-driven sorting, and IoT sensors for real-time tracking.^[22]^[23] Warehouse efficiency is quantified through metrics such as throughput, which measures the volume of goods processed per unit time (e.g., orders picked per hour), and inventory turnover ratio, calculated as cost of goods sold divided by average inventory value, indicating how frequently stock is replenished—typically targeting 4-6 turns annually for retail sectors to optimize capital use and reduce holding costs.^[24]^[25] High-performing facilities achieve order throughput rates exceeding 100 lines per hour via automation, while low turnover (below 2) signals overstocking risks, often mitigated by demand forecasting algorithms.^[26] Economically, warehouses underpin the logistics sector, which accounted for approximately 8.7% of U.S. GDP in 2024 through business logistics costs totaling $2.6 trillion, with transportation and warehousing subsectors contributing $744 billion in value-added output in Q2 2025 alone.^[27]^[28] Globally, warehousing facilitates the flow of over $3.2 trillion in annual goods value via major operators, driving employment in handling and distribution while enabling scalable e-commerce growth amid rising online retail demands.^[29] This infrastructure's causal role in reducing lead times and transaction costs has amplified trade efficiency, though vulnerabilities like supply disruptions highlight dependencies on resilient site selection and technology integration.^[30]

Westinghouse

The Westinghouse Electric Corporation, abbreviated as WH, was an American manufacturing company founded on January 8, 1886, by inventor George Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, initially to produce electrical equipment supporting alternating current (AC) distribution systems.^[31] The firm rapidly expanded into railway technologies, leveraging Westinghouse's earlier invention of the air brake in 1869, which improved train safety by enabling automatic braking across multiple cars, and later air signaling systems that enhanced operational efficiency on railroads.^[32] By licensing Nikola Tesla's polyphase AC patents in 1888, Westinghouse challenged Thomas Edison's direct current (DC) dominance, demonstrating AC's superiority for long-distance transmission due to its efficiency in transformers and motors, grounded in the physical principle that higher voltages reduce line losses via Ohm's law (P = I²R).^[33] Key milestones included powering the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition with an AC system that lit over 100,000 bulbs at a cost of $399,000, underbidding General Electric and proving AC's scalability for large-scale applications. This success paved the way for Westinghouse's contract to build AC generators for the Niagara Falls hydroelectric plant, operational by 1896, transmitting power 20 miles to Buffalo and establishing AC as the global standard for electrification.^[33] These achievements stemmed from empirical testing showing AC's lower transmission costs—Niagara's 5,000-horsepower generators delivered power with minimal losses, contrasting DC's limitations—and causal engineering realities favoring polyphase systems for industrial loads. Over decades, Westinghouse diversified into consumer appliances, broadcasting via early radio stations like KDKA (first commercial broadcast in 1920), and nuclear technology, constructing the Shippingport Atomic Power Station in 1957 as the U.S.'s first full-scale civilian nuclear plant generating 60 megawatts.^[34] In 1995, it acquired CBS for $5.4 billion, shifting focus toward media before divesting non-core assets amid financial pressures.^[35] The nuclear division persisted, developing the AP1000 reactor design certified in 2011, but faced bankruptcy in 2017 due to $6 billion in overruns on projects like Vogtle Units 3 and 4, exacerbated by regulatory requirements imposing annual compliance costs averaging $60 million per plant and extending licensing timelines.^[36] ^[37] Such overregulation, by prioritizing incremental safety mandates over probabilistic risk assessments, has demonstrably slowed innovation and raised capital costs, hindering deployment of advanced reactors despite their inherent safety via passive cooling systems.^[38] The nuclear business was acquired by Brookfield Business Partners in 2018, continuing operations in fuel and services.

Linguistics

Wh- questions and movement

In generative syntax, wh-questions involve interrogative elements prefixed with "wh-" (e.g., what, who, where, when, why, how), which undergo movement to a clause-initial position known as Specifier of CP (Spec-CP) to satisfy feature-checking requirements such as [+Q] (interrogative force).^[39] This wh-movement, formalized in Noam Chomsky's 1977 paper "On Wh-Movement," derives from underlying declarative structures via successive-cyclic application of the transformation Move α, leaving a trace or copy in the original θ-position to preserve argument structure and binding relations.^[40] Empirical diagnostics include superiority effects, where multiple wh-phrases favor the subject extracting first (e.g., Who bought what? over What did who buy?), and subjacency constraints limiting extraction across bounding nodes like NPs or clauses, as evidenced in acceptability judgments across English speakers.^[41] Cross-linguistic data reveal variation in wh-movement strategies, with English mandating overt fronting for narrow focus, while languages like Mandarin Chinese and Korean permit in-situ wh-phrases, interpreted via unselective binding or focus operators rather than displacement.^[42] Processing studies demonstrate that English listeners rely on prosodic cues like high rising intonation and semantic context for wh-question resolution, whereas Mandarin employs direction-of-change semantics and particle licensing (e.g., ne for exhaustive focus), with eye-tracking evidence showing faster disambiguation through verb predictability than syntactic movement alone.^[43] In Korean, child acquisition corpora indicate early production of echo questions without movement, evolving to adult-like partial fronting under prosodic licensing, highlighting causal roles of input frequency over universal grammar parameters.^[44] Critiques of wh-movement emphasize its abstractness, which often abstracts away from corpus-attested variability in question formation, such as dialectal in-situ uses in English vernaculars or probabilistic intervention effects in chain resolution.^[45] Data-driven approaches, including large-scale corpus analyses of grammatical frequencies, reveal that wh-question accessibility correlates more strongly with token frequency and linear order than with derivational complexity, challenging movement-based models' causal primacy in favor of emergent patterns from usage.^[46] Computational simulations of syntactic learnability further indicate that state-of-the-art algorithms trained on naturalistic text acquire wh-dependencies without explicit movement rules, privileging surface distributions over latent traces for predictive accuracy.^[47] These empirical discrepancies underscore the need for hybrid models integrating formal constraints with quantitative evidence, as overly idealized generative architectures risk undergenerating attested processing efficiencies in real-time language use.^[48]

Arts and entertainment

W. H. Auden

Wystan Hugh Auden (1907–1973), whose initials form the abbreviation WH, was a British-born poet who became a U.S. citizen in 1946 and is recognized for his technical virtuosity in fusing traditional metrical forms with explorations of moral ambiguity, political upheaval, and existential dread.^[49] Born on 21 February 1907 in York, England, Auden gained early acclaim in the 1930s through collections like Poems (1930), which addressed the Great Depression's social fractures and the threat of fascism through innovative, Freud-influenced diagnostics of collective neurosis.^[50] His verse often prioritized causal analysis of human behavior over abstract experimentation, critiquing modernist excesses in favor of accessible realism that grounded psychological insight in empirical observation.^[49] Auden's engagement with contemporary crises peaked in works such as "September 1, 1939," penned days after Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, which precipitated World War II; the poem dissects the "low dishonest decade" of appeasement and ideological betrayal, urging "we must love one another or die" as a pragmatic antidote to totalitarian abstractions.^[51] Initially drawn to Marxism amid the 1930s economic slump and Spanish Civil War, Auden endorsed left-wing causes in poems envisioning class struggle as a cure for bourgeois alienation, yet empirical disillusionment with Stalinist purges prompted his 1939 relocation to America and abandonment of collectivist dogma.^[52] This pivot manifested in verse dramas co-authored with Christopher Isherwood, such as The Ascent of F6 (1936), which satirized imperial ambition and personal ambition's corrosive effects through charade-like structures blending prose and poetry.^[53] Post-emigration, Auden's oeuvre shifted toward Christian-inflected realism, evident in The Age of Anxiety (1947), a Pulitzer Prize-winning baroque eclogue that diagnoses postwar malaise via four archetypes navigating urban alienation and faith's redemptive limits, sold over 100,000 copies in initial editions and adapted into a Leonard Bernstein symphony.^[54] His critical writings, including lectures on Shakespeare emphasizing character as causal driver of tragedy over symbolic overlay, further influenced mid-century literature by advocating poetry's role in clarifying ethical choices rather than evading them.^[55] While secular academics, often shaped by institutional left-leaning biases favoring ideological continuity, critiqued this religious orthodoxy as escapist retreat from materialist analysis, Auden's later conservatism aligned with first-principles rejection of totalitarianism's empirical failures, yielding enduring impact: thousands of scholarly citations annually, translations into over 30 languages, and adaptations like the film use of "Funeral Blues" demonstrating causal persistence beyond transient politics.^[56] Such contradictions—early Marxist optimism versus mature skepticism of utopian engineering—debunk sanitized hagiographies, revealing a thinker whose evolution tracked verifiable historical causalities from interwar radicalism to Cold War humanism.^[57]

Media and gaming

In gaming, "WH" frequently abbreviates Warhammer, a tabletop miniature wargame franchise by Games Workshop emphasizing army assembly, painting, and tactical battles in fantasy and science fiction settings.^[58] The original Warhammer Fantasy Battle launched in 1983, introducing core mechanics like rank-and-file combat and magic phases, while Warhammer 40,000 debuted in September 1987 with its dystopian "grimdark" universe of interstellar warfare involving factions such as Space Marines and Orks.^[59] The series has achieved strategic depth through detailed rulebooks and expansions, fostering large-scale communities with global tournaments and online engagement estimated at 2.4 million participants for Warhammer 40,000 alone.^[60] Warhammer's immersive world-building spans novels, video games, and animations, contributing to Games Workshop's fiscal year 2025 revenue of £617 million and pre-tax profit of £262.8 million, driven primarily by core hobby sales.^[61]^[62] However, the franchise faces criticisms for escalating model prices—often exceeding £100 per starter army—and lore alterations, such as Necron origin retcons or faction power shifts, which some fans argue prioritize sales over narrative consistency and dilute the original satirical edge on fascism and imperialism.^[63]^[64] These changes have sparked debates in community forums, with detractors viewing them as commercialization tactics amid Games Workshop's licensing expansions, including video games like Space Marine 2 generating £52 million in revenue.^[65] Another gaming use of "WH" denotes World Heroes, a series of 2D fighting games developed by ADK and published by SNK starting with the 1992 Neo Geo arcade title featuring historical figures like Hattori Hanzō and Rasputin as combatants.^[66] The franchise, spanning four main entries through 1995, emphasized unique character abilities and versus modes but received mixed reception for unbalanced mechanics compared to contemporaries like Street Fighter II, with later ports preserving its cult appeal among retro arcade enthusiasts.^[67] In media, "WH" refers to Wolfram & Hart, the ancient, supernatural law firm serving as a primary antagonist in the television series Angel (1999–2004), a Buffy the Vampire Slayer spin-off produced by Joss Whedon.^[66] Depicted as an instrument of elder demons with branches worldwide, the firm manipulates clients through occult resources and ethical amorality, employing characters like the ruthless lawyer Lindsey McDonald; its arc culminates in season 5 when protagonist Angel's team assumes control of the Los Angeles branch to combat internal corruption.^[68] The portrayal drew critical acclaim for exploring moral ambiguity in corporate power, contributing to Angel's average viewership of 4.6 million per episode in its peak seasons.

Places

Geographical locations

In the Netherlands, postal codes incorporate the two-letter suffix "WH" for specific addresses in regions including Zuid-Holland province, such as 2493 WH in 's-Gravenhage (The Hague) and 2548 WH in The Hague.^[69]^[70] These suffixes denote localized street ranges within broader numeric postcode districts, with "WH" appearing in urban areas around The Hague and other municipalities like Woerden (3448 WH).^[71] W. H. 'Bud' Barron Airport (FAA identifier: DBN), a public-use general aviation facility, is situated in Dublin, Laurens County, Georgia, United States, at coordinates 32°34'29"N 82°58'42"W, approximately 2 miles southwest of the city center.^[72] The airport features a 5,005-foot asphalt runway and supports operations for small aircraft.^[73] W.H. Vliegenbos, a forested urban park spanning about 20 hectares, is located in Amsterdam-Noord, Netherlands, serving as a recreational green space with walking paths and biodiversity amid residential surroundings.^[74]

Military and history

Whitehead torpedo

The Whitehead torpedo was the first effective self-propelled underwater weapon, invented by British engineer Robert Whitehead in collaboration with Austrian naval officer Giovanni Luppis and perfected in Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) in 1866.^[75] ^[76] Drawing from Luppis's earlier coastal defense rocket-powered "coast saver" concept, Whitehead redesigned it as a locomotive torpedo propelled by a compressed-air engine driving a single propeller, with a warhead of guncotton explosive.^[77] The key innovation was a hydrostatic valve and pendulum-based equilibrium tube system for automatic depth regulation, enabling the torpedo to maintain a preset submersion level without surface guidance, addressing prior failures in towed or spar torpedoes that required close-range delivery.^[78] Initial models, tested in 1866, achieved speeds of 6 to 7 knots over ranges of approximately 200 to 400 yards, with a 14-inch diameter, 11-foot length, and 156-pound total weight including a 10- to 18-pound charge.^[76] ^[75] By the 1870s, refinements extended performance to 1,000 yards at similar speeds, though early versions suffered from inconsistent depth-keeping and air flask inefficiencies, prompting iterative improvements like multi-cylinder engines and rudders linked to hydroplanes.^[78] The Austrian Navy adopted it first in 1869 after successful demonstrations, followed by orders from Britain, France, Italy, and others; by the 1880s, Whitehead's Fiume factory supplied over 2,500 units to at least 16 navies, spurring the development of dedicated torpedo boats and altering fleet tactics toward dispersed formations to evade submerged attacks.^[79] In naval warfare, the Whitehead torpedo shifted emphasis from passive mines and spar weapons to offensive, long-range strikes, proving decisive in conflicts like the 1894 Sino-Japanese War and extensively deployed during World War I by surface ships and early submarines, where variants sank dozens of vessels despite circular running risks.^[80] ^[76] Propulsion reliability advanced through additions like the 1885 Obry gyroscope for straight-line stability, reducing early erratic paths observed in tests, though pre-gyrostabilized models faced criticism for up to 50% failure rates in British trials due to valve fouling and pressure leaks.^[81] Ethical concerns emerged contemporaneously, with some naval officers dubbing it the "devil's device" for its indiscriminate underwater lethality and potential to undermine traditional broadside engagements, yet empirical data from live-fire exercises validated its superiority over alternatives like Harvey torpedoes, which lacked self-regulation.^[79] ^[82]

Other uses

Miscellaneous abbreviations

In educational contexts, particularly in U.S. state curricula and course coding systems, WH abbreviates World History, as specified in frameworks like Florida's substituted subject area requirements for social studies credits.^[83] This usage facilitates standardized tracking of high school history courses covering global events from ancient civilizations to modern eras, with enrollment data from programs like AP World History exceeding 400,000 students annually as of 2023.^[84] In plumbing and construction specifications, WH denotes Water Heater, marking the fixture responsible for heating water for residential or commercial use, often indicated on architectural floor plans with symbols showing connections to hot and cold water lines.^[85]^[86] Standards from bodies like the International Plumbing Code require such appliances to meet efficiency ratings, such as Energy Factor values of at least 0.82 for gas models installed after 2015, to minimize energy loss in domestic systems. Within the oil and gas sector, WH stands for Wellhead, the surface termination assembly sealing the top of a completed wellbore and enabling flow control, pressure monitoring, and connection to production equipment.^[87] Regulatory glossaries from agencies like Louisiana's Department of Natural Resources define it as the interface handling pressures up to 15,000 psi in high-volume fields, with maintenance protocols mandated under API Standard 6A to prevent leaks, as evidenced by incident reports from U.S. offshore operations averaging 20 wellhead failures yearly between 2010 and 2020.^[87] These niche abbreviations, while frequent in domain-specific documents, exacerbate polysemy in interdisciplinary technical writing, where context disambiguation relies on accompanying schematics or glossaries rather than universal standardization.

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September 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden - Poems - Poets.org
I sit in one of the dives. On Fifty-second Street Uncertain and afraid. As the clever hopes expire. Of a low dishonest decade: Waves of anger and fear
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[PDF] Auden and the Communist Ideology
This paper proposes to look into the complex politics of the day and its impact on. Auden's poetry. Keywords. Great Slump, Marxist Communism, National Socilist ...
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Chapter 5 - College of Arts and Sciences
Auden had experimented in playwriting with Paid on Both Sides (1933), an obscure verse drama in charade style; its particular subject was feuding, but its more ...
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W.H. Auden and the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
Pulitzer Prize juries considered poetry collections by Auden in 1945 and 1948. In each case, his book had competition. By the mid-'40s three literary scholars, ...
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[PDF] Review Of "Lectures On Shakespeare" By W. H. Auden And Edited ...
The most intriguing parts of Auden's crit- icism are really to be found in his epigrammatic judgments about art and character in the plays. Kirsch selects ...
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Original Sin in the Later Auden - The Imaginative Conservative
Aug 3, 2020 · Auden finally found his system in Christianity, whose concept of original sin provided his moral imagination with an explanation for anxiety in the modern age.
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“Poetry Makes Nothing Happen” - Boston Review
Feb 25, 2015 · Auden's rejection of Marxism came out of a growing sense of inner conflict. In the manuscript published posthumously as The Prolific and the ...Missing: conservatism | Show results with:conservatism
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WH - WarHammer (game) | AcronymFinder
How is WarHammer (game) abbreviated? WH stands for WarHammer (game). WH is defined as WarHammer (game) very frequently.
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Warhammer Fantasy Battle
1st Edition (1983) ; 2nd Edition (1984) ; 3rd Edition (1987) ; 4th Edition (1992) ; 5th Edition (1996).
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Warhammer 40,000 - Wikipedia
Warhammer 40,000 is a British miniature wargame produced by Games Workshop. It is the most popular miniature wargame in the world, and is particularly popular ...Rogue Trader · List of Warhammer 40000 novels · Codex · Warhammer (game)Missing: abbreviation | Show results with:abbreviation
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The Goonhammer 2022 Reader Survey… And What it Tells Us ...
Feb 14, 2022 · We've estimated a a player/hobby/customer base of about 2.4 million people for 40k, of whom competitive players represent about 0.6%. And that's ...
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Annual Reports and Half Year Results | Games Workshop Group PLC
Annual reports and half year results · (HTML Version) · Half year results: 2024 - 2025 · (HTML Version) · Half year results: 2023 - 2024 · Annual report: 2022-2023.
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Games Workshop's annual profit soars on flagship Warhammer ...
Jul 29, 2025 · Games Workshop reported pre-tax profit of 262.8 million pounds ($350.79 million) for the year ended June 1, up from 203 million pounds the year ...
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Warhammer 40K Controversy Explained - Passionfruit
Apr 17, 2024 · Because of their commercialization, “the satire” of characters like the meat-shield space soldiers “lost a lot of its bite, leading to the ...
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Most Controversial Warhammer 40K Lore Retcons - Adeptus Ars
Mar 19, 2025 · From the restructuring of Necron history to the controversial Wraithbone Retcon, Games Workshop's changes often spark debate.
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Record profits for Warhammer, but annual report talks of senior ...
Jul 30, 2025 · With Space Marine 2 raking in $70.2 (£52.5) million in licensing revenue this year, GW is looking for more opportunities to license its products ...
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WH - Slang/Internet Slang - Acronym Finder
What does WH stand for? ; WH · William Howard ; WH · Wehrmacht (gaming) ; WH, World Heroes (gaming) ; WH · Wolfram and Hart (Angel; TV show).
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World Heroes (video game) - Wikipedia
World Heroes is a 1992 fighting arcade game developed and published by Alpha Denshi (later known as ADK) with the assistance of SNK.
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World Heroes | SNK Wiki - Fandom
World Heroes is a 2D fighter by ADK made during the fighting game craze and follows the same format as many of the other fighting games.Development · Gameplay · Reception · Characters
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Wolfram & Hart - Villains Wiki - Fandom
Wolfram & Hart are one of the overarching antagonists (alongside the First Evil) of the Buffyverse, serving as the main antagonists in the spin-off TV Series, ...
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Angel (1999 TV series) - Wikipedia
Meanwhile, the evil law firm Wolfram & Hart pay increasing attention to Angel. They tempt him toward darkness when they resurrect Darla, Angel's ex-lover ...List of Angel characters · List of Angel episodes · Charles Gunn (Angel)
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's-Gravenhage, Den Haag, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland: 2493 WH
's-Gravenhage, Den Haag, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland is located in Netherlands. Its zip code is 2493 WH.Missing: Hague | Show results with:Hague
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Postal Code 2548 WH - The Hague, Provincie Zuid-Holland - Cybo
2548 · Kamakailang Postal Code. Postal Code 2548 WH - The Hague, Provincie Zuid-Holland. Pangunahing Siyudad, The Hague. Area Codes, 174, 70. Postal Code mga ...
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Woerden, Woerden, Utrecht: 3448 WH - Netherlands Postcode ✉️
Woerden, Woerden, Utrecht is located in Netherlands. Its zip code is 3448 WH.
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KDBN - W H 'Bud' Barron Airport - AirNav
Zip code: 31021. Airport Operations. Airport use: Open to the public ... Area around KDBN (W H 'Bud' Barron Airport) Road maps at: MapQuest Bing ...
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KDBN : W. H. 'Bud' Barron Airport - OpenNav
FAA: DBN ; Name, W. H. 'Bud' Barron Airport ; Country, US ; Location, Dublin, Georgia ; Elevation, 309 feet.
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Explore W.H. Vliegenbos: A Hidden Green Oasis in Amsterdam-Noord
Nestled in the heart of Amsterdam-Noord, W.H. Vliegenbos is a tranquil urban forest that offers a refreshing escape from the bustling city life.
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Whitehead MK 1 Torpedo - U. S. Naval Undersea Museum
Sep 19, 2016 · Whitehead developed the first experimental model of an automobile torpedo in 1866. Propelled by a two-cylinder, compressed-air engine, this ...Missing: specifications | Show results with:specifications
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Navy's Use of Torpedoes - Naval History and Heritage Command
Jun 7, 2024 · In 1866, Robert Whitehead designed the first “automobile” torpedo that was self-propelled. It was designed to attack the enemy rather than ...Missing: specifications | Show results with:specifications
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Pioneering Torpedoman | Naval History Magazine
In 1866, he produced the Luppis-Whitehead torpedo, propelled by compressed air and fired from a tube. But it would not run at a constant depth, a problem he ...Missing: specifications | Show results with:specifications
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General Description of the Whitehead Torpedo
Apr 6, 2021 · The Navy Department Library. A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WHITEHEAD TORPEDO ... Range (at about 28 knots speed) about. 850 yards. Capacity of air ...
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THE 'DEVIL'S DEVICE' - Key Military
Jul 30, 2025 · The Whitehead Torpedo Mk.I was initially developed and manufactured in two distinct designs. One of these weighed 346lbs and carried a 40lb ...
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Invention The Whitehead Torpedo (c. 1866
The Whitehead torpedo, developed in the mid 1860's by Robert Whitehead, revolutionised torpedo warfare, and led to the construction of vessels specifically ...Missing: specifications | Show results with:specifications
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TORFEDO DEVELOPMENT - NSL Archive - Naval Submarine League
The gyroscope adopted in the Whitehead torpedo was invented by Ludwig Obry formerly of the Austrian Navy. The wheel reached its maximum speed of 2,400 rpm ...
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A Brief History of U.S. Navy Torpedo Development - Part 1
In fairness, it must be said that the Whitehead Torpedo also had other critics. Defects of the Whitehead Torpedo as enumerated in an 1889 British publication, ...
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[PDF] Substituted, State Subject Area Requirements
WH - World History, AH - American History, and AG - American Government. Social Studies courses which do not meet specific graduation requirements will be ...
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AP World History: Modern – AP Students | College Board
In AP World History: Modern, you'll learn about the rise and fall of empires, the evolution of technology, and the cultural and social changes that have shaped ...About the Exam · Details · APMissing: abbreviation code
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What Is 'WH' in a Floor Plan? Explained - Coohom
Sep 2, 2025 · 'WH' in a floor plan is an abbreviation for 'Water Heater,' an essential component in home design. Understanding its implications can greatly enhance the ...Missing: specifications | Show results with:specifications
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WH Construction Abbreviation Meaning - All Acronyms
WH in Construction commonly refers to Water Heater, an essential appliance used to heat water for various applications, such as heating systems, bathing, and ...Missing: specifications | Show results with:specifications
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[PDF] Louisiana DNR Glossary of Terms - SONRIS
Operator's Monthly Oil and Gas Production Report. OGP Data Entry. OH. Abbreviation for Open hole ... WH. Abbreviation for Wellhead. WH-1. Well history & work ...