Hatch's catchy acronyms can backfire Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (4/28/2004)
...Maybe he couldn't either.) I found one inadvertent acronym among Hatch's bills. Of course, he does not try to create acronyms out of all titles -- just those where it might be politically...advantageous. In those instances, he clearly writes out the acronym plainly for all to see. One bill without a ...

SPARKing student interest.(SPARK--an acronym for Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge)(Brief article) Canadian Chemical News (3/1/2005)
...research is helping to bring science to the mainstream. SPARK--an acronym for Students Promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge--was...has helped launched SPARK at more than 20 research-intensive educational institutions across Canada. SPARK is also the communications...

Educators OK with CDE's alphabet soup Endless acronyms can leave parents scratching their heads The Gazette (12/25/2004)
...the endless forms educators fill out. They adopt the acronyms as shorthand in writing, and those acronyms become a language of their own. He's received complaints...the help of a colleague to see the word was not an acronym or a grant. It was migrant. POPULAR ACRONYMS Acronyms are abundant ...

New Name, Old Acronym The Washington Post (1/9/1994)
...Reproductive Rights Action League. But it will continue to use the acronym NARAL. "America must change course," NARAL director Kate Michelman...grades kindergarten to 12. . . . We want to ensure that our educational programs encourage young people to develop the skills they...

ACRONYM QUITE A STRETCH, BUT WOW IS CAPITAL IDEA Evansville Courier & Press (11/24/2002)
...n't get how the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana got that acronym out of "Windows of art Works." Even with the selective capitalization...lion cubs, a royal python and other natural subjects. An educational area shows and tells the history and development of holography...

Moore woman shares her gift of acronyms. Daily Oklahoman (Oklahoma City, OK) (5/12/2007)
...healing. She said she began to create the inspirational acronyms after she was healed of breast cancer at a 1990 Oklahoma...cancer-free shortly afterward. The easy ability to create acronyms came then. I started seeing words vertically and then...the side, McGlugritch said. Sometimes I would get acronyms ...

Validity of the CAGE Questionnaire in an American Indian Population.(acronym for the four questions asked by a health interviewer regarding alcohol consumption)(Statistical Data Included) Journal of Studies on Alcohol (5/1/2001)
...and social consequences (Bernadt et al., 1982). CAGE is an acronym for the four questions asked of a patient by an interviewer...Version (SADS-L; Spitzer and Endicott, 1978); (2) medical, educational, court and other records; and (3) corroborative information...

Initial confusion: The financial planning profession is a puzzling sea of acronyms with a deluge of designations contending for the public's attention. And there's no solution in sight CA Magazine (11/1/2002)
...The financial planning profession is a puzzling sea of acronyms with a deluge of designations contending for the public...the Canadian public. Is there any doubt the plethora of acronyms is confusing to consumers who, in this era of financial...Financial Planners, the Institute of Canadian Bankers (the ...

What's what: names, acronyms, and abbreviations mentioned in this installment.(Online Before the Internet) Searcher (4/1/2004)
...for Information Science and Technology (ASIST) in 2000. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)--Founded in 1947 as an educational and scientific society for computing professionals. Dial Central--Local telephone trunks connecting a telephone system to...