ASAP, WHAT'S YOUR ACRONYM IQ? The Boston Globe (5/21/1990)
...the full antecedent of an acronym only once in an article and...recent Science article the Environmental Protection Agency becomes...frequency, one wonders if the acronym has not bestowed an unwarranted...confrontation between an environmental group called Friends Aware...The resulting clash of ...

A new acronym for a new force behind rising biofuels usage.(BIOFUELS) The Kiplinger Agriculture Letter (2/15/2008)
A new acronym for a new force behind rising biofuels usage: RIN, Renewable Identification...Number, the regulatory currency of the Renewable Fuel Standard. The Environmental Protection Agency started issuing the numbers in Sept. to biofuels...

ABBREVIATED HISTORY OF THE ACRONYM The Boston Globe (2/11/2001)
...find another blurring of the line: "Initialisms are acronyms of a special kind," writes Kenneth G. Wilson - that is, a subset of acronyms, not a separate category. The distinction seems to...edition of Webster's Third Unabridged.) Maybe the acronym's ambiguity isn't surprising, considering the utter lack ...

APOLOGY GIVEN FOR OFFENSIVE ACRONYM The Record (Bergen County, NJ) (12/9/1993)
...1993 APOLOGY GIVEN FOR OFFENSIVE ACRONYM -- MORRIS FREEHOLDER STILL BACKS...O'Brien expressed sorrow for using the acronym BANANA and a picture of the fruit...freeholder said he innocently took the acronym -- meaning Build Absolutely Nothing...the apology, but hammered away at environmental and ...

It's WAM: (Witty Acronyms Multiply); What's in a name? Plenty, when groups of citizens want to call attention to their causes. Sunday News Lancaster, PA (4/28/2002)
...to reflect their goals. But they also say a good acronym helps draw attention to the cause. "Originally, we...Standing United for Responsible Growth. He showed the acronym to co-workers; some of them got it, but others wondered...The "E" for "expansion" was added to complete the acronym. "You create a ...

County to adopt no acronym policy at board meetings Oakland Tribune (6/27/2005)
...four-letter words this week when they begin implementing a "No Acronym" policy. Supervisor John Gioia of Richmond presented a...supervisors unanimously approved to ban the board from using acronyms during meetings. "While there's some levity to this, there...the record, an RFP is a request for proposals; EIR an ...

GOP IS ACRONYM FOR THE 'GRAND OPTIONAL PARTY'.(Editorial)(Column) The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) (2/28/2006)
Byline: John S. Hutton The GOP acronym has been kidnapped. It was last seen drowning in a sea of...government is optional regarding the media and pork projects. Environmental conservation, a tradition dating to Teddy Roosevelt, is...stuff re-election war chests. This war has cost the GOP its acronym, ...

Acronym soup in Oakland Oakland Tribune (9/25/2003)
...technology in today's world, it seems acronyms are becoming more and more popular...people will be familiar with the acronym NIMBY (Not in My Back Yard). When...travails, I offer the following list of acronyms to cover some of the situations developers...Reactionaries Against Nutty, Goofy ...

It's Time to Think DINK!; Double Income, No Kids: A New Household Acronym The Washington Post (2/10/1987)
...there's the catchy name. Please welcome this season's hot acronym-DINK. As in Double Income, No Kids. More people are waiting...thing-journalists, marketing types, DINKs themselves-say the acronym surfaced in the last few months and quickly spread throughout...on travel, but didn't use the DINK word. Roger ...