(the) WHO

(the) WHO
the WHO UK [ˌdʌb(ə)ljuː eɪtʃ ˈəʊ] US [ˌdʌb(ə)lju eɪtʃ ˈoʊ]
the World Health Organization: an international organization that is part of the United Nations and helps poorer countries by giving them information and medicine http://www.macmillandictionary.com/med2cd/weblinks/who-the.htm
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a British pop group. It began as a ↑mod group in the 1960s, and by the early 1970s was one of the most popular ↑rock groups in the world. The members of the group were known for behaving wildly and sometimes destroying their equipment during their performances. The Who’s best-known records include My Generation (1965) and two rock operas (= stories told through a series of ↑rock music songs), Tommy (1969) and Quadrophenia (1973).

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