ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WASP
Old English wæsp; related to Old Saxon waspa, Old High German wefsa, Latin vespa.
QUOTES WITH «WASP»
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wasp.
The serpent, the king, the tiger, the stinging wasp, the small child, the dog owned by other people, and the fool: these seven ought not to be awakened from sleep.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WASP»
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wasp in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
wasp and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
In short, be a wasp. First published in 1957, WASP is generally regarded as Eric Frank Russell's best novel, a witty and exciting account of a covert war in the heart of enemy territory.
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The
Wasp Factory: A Novel
The polarizing literary debut by Scottish author Ian Banks, The Wasp Factory is the bizarre, imaginative, disturbing, and darkly comic look into the mind of a child psychopath.
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The Education of a
WASP
Educators and general readers interested in the subtleties of racism will find the story poignant, revealing, and profoundly moving. “Delightful and horrible, a singular book.” —Choice “An extraordinarily honest and revealing book ...
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A Privileged Life: Celebrating
Wasp Style
From the eclectic and well-decorated home of Sister Parish to the popular pink-and-green color combination of preppy chic to iconic photographs of the style makers who embody the Wasp spirit like Grace Kelly, Truman Capote, or Jacqueline ...
This contemporary Australian thriller unveils a story of family disintegration and social alienation. The work provides the reader with a fascinating and compelling parallel story that holds up a distorted mirror to the human drama.
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Nancy Love and the
WASP Ferry Pilots of World War II
"When the United States entered World War II, the Army needed pilots to transport or "ferry" its combat-bound aircraft across the United States for overseas deployment and its trainer airplanes to flight training bases.
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The
WASP Question: An Essay on the Biocultural Evolution, ...
"The WASP Question" is valuable for focusing attention on the plight of Anglo-Saxon societies assailed by runaway materialism and imposed diversity. 422 pp.
A nine-year-old boy living in a New England mill town dreams of reuniting his separated parents after his mother catches his father having an affair and throws him out and the father makes nightly returns to plot a reunification with his ...
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Mating Rituals of the North American
WASP
After arguing with her live-in boyfriend about his inability to commit, Peggy Adams flies to a friend's bachelorette party in Las Vegas, and wakes up next to a man she can't remember.
The San Francisco Wasp: An Illustrated History tells the story of one of the most colorful and unusual magazines ever published in America.
Richard Samuel West, 2004
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WASP»
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Is The Original Wasp Still Alive? Here's What Evangeline Lilly Says
SPOILER ALERT! The following article contains spoilers for Peyton Reed's Ant-Man. If you haven't had the chance to see the film yet, we recommend clicking ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
For This Tarantula-Killing Wasp, Dinner's A Meal Best Served Living
It's been wet in Texas this year — exceptionally wet, as a matter of fact. With record amounts of rain, Texas is more than a little hot, green and rife with happy ... «NPR, Jul 15»
Astronomers Discover Stratosphere on Hot Jupiter WASP-33b
Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have detected a stratosphere – an atmospheric region that is very important to life – on a massive ... «Sci-News.com, Jun 15»
UK work-experience schoolboy discovers a new planet
An artist's impression of Tom's planet, WASP-142b, orbiting its star, WASP-142. The planet is depicted as seen from a hypothetical moon. A second, dimmer star ... «Astronomy Now Online, Jun 15»
Marine Corps F-35Bs depart USS Wasp after carrier tests
Six US Marine Corps F-35B Joint Strike Fighters have departed the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp following a one-and-a-half-week trial that included 108 ... «Flightglobal, May 15»
Say hello to the dementor wasp. It turns cockroaches into zombies.
Add this to my nightmare list: A creature that turns prey into a zombie, then eats it alive. That's pretty much the M.O. of Ampulex dementor, a wasp named after the ... «Washington Post, May 15»
Britain on alert for invasion of killer ants and wasps
Expert Tom Frost said: 'The biggest problem will be the wasps - but the ones you really don't want are pharoah ants.' The ants, which originate in the tropics, ... «Daily Mail, May 15»
Police Shoot Man Armed With Machete and Wasp Spray at Airport
A man wielding a machete and wasp spray at the New Orleans international airport was shot by police on Friday, The Times-Picayune reports. The man attacked ... «Gawker, Mar 15»
Michael Kelly Attacked Ex-wife's Lawyer With Hatchet, Wasp Spray …
QUINCY, Mass. (AP) — Police say a Massachusetts man attacked his ex-wife's lawyer with a hatchet and wasp-killing spray, and the victim needed nearly two ... «Huffington Post, Feb 15»
Wasp species named in honor of Bruins' Tuukka Rask
The Bruins' ace goalie, Tuukka Rask, will find his name on another prestigious roster this spring: a list of newly discovered wasp species from East Africa. «Boston Globe, Feb 15»
