BY THEIR ACRONYMS YE SHALL KNOW THEM.(differences between Bill Clinton and George W. Bush)(Brief Article) The American Enterprise (4/1/2001) Remember the acronym in the air in the early days of the Clinton presidency? "FOB"--as in "Friend of Bill"--was...the Bush administration, the hot new acronym is "FBO"--as in "Faith-Based Organization...s compassionate conservatism. From FOBs to FBOs is not a ...
Putting on the mouse ears.(To Your Success) ICS Cleaning Specialist (5/1/2008) ...always tried to make customers happy. (I always got myself jazzed up on business by reflecting on very own personal "FOB" acronym- Fear of Bankruptcy!) However, your pending bankruptcy will very likely not push your employees to new heights...
A LOVE THAT DARED TO SPEAK ITS NAME.(Pasatiempo) The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM) (7/29/2005) ...theatrical career, which began when he wrote his first play, FOB (an acronym for "fresh off the boat"), as a student at Stanford...attracted the attention of Joseph Papp, who mounted FOB at the Public Theater in New York City. The cerebral...
Next step: resignation The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (12/17/1998) ...aides, assistants, and associates known as FOBs. The acronym stood for Friends of Bill. There were hundreds of these people, and they wore their FOB buttons like badges of honor. There are no FOBs anymore. Bill Clinton has no friends in...
McSherrystown, Pa.-Based Marketer of Boyds Bears Goes Public. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (3/5/1999) ...18 a share and rose to the $30 and $40 range before settling down. Boyds' ticker symbol on the NYSE is FOB, a shortened acronym for The Loyal Order of Friends of Boyds, a collectors club started by Boyds in July 1996 that now has some 120...
Investigating accounting.(the dollar sign) Online (3/1/2011) ...terminology, such as debenture, but it fails when the term is a homonym, such as confirmation. Even acronyms can have multiple meanings--FOB could mean, in accounting lingo, Freight on Board or Free on Board. However, Google also suggests...
Back in loving arms.(Local) The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) (7/16/2008) ...Maxine Williams said disapprovingly. "Around the FOB," Baker added, using the acronym for "forward operating base." Baker said insurgent activity - in the form of mortars launched at FOB Diamondback and homemade bombs planted in city streets...
Watch your language.(FRONT & CENTER)(play entitled 'Chinglish')(Theater review)(Brief article) American Theatre (7/1/2011) ...YEARS AGO, DAVID HENRY Hwang's FOB, which he wrote while a college...1981 Obie for best new play. An acronym for "fresh off die boat," FOB refers to a new immigrant, disoriented...strangers in a strange land. FOB traveled from Hwang's Stanford...
551st capstone exercise: communications exercise, CAPSTONE, is designed to bring realism to Soldiers of the 15th Signal Brigade, who prepare to graduate and move on to first operational assignments. Army Communicator (3/22/2006) ...as part of establishing their FOB and then must sustain operation in the FOB (chow, hygiene, perimeter...patrols in areas surrounding their FOBs which enhance their security...for Operation Iraqi Freedom. ACRONYM QUICKSCAN ARM--Advanced Rifle...Command, ...
TechnoBabble Battle; New GS uses technology to chase the 5 Series.(Lexus GS 300 and Lexus GS 430)(Product/Service Evaluation) AutoWeek (3/7/2005) ...functions. (e.g., "Why, the key fob alone could have landed our astronauts...think of, like the function with no acronym that automatically countersteers the...glossed over at the GS intro in favor of acronyms, something a sports sedan maker wouldn...Management system, sort ...
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