Growing world of acronyms is a shortcut to more snafus.(News) Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) (5/27/2003)
...acronym is forced. Some acronyms are forced into double...sounded, they kept the acronym and changed the club...naming the Bartlett police dog Bart, and the Roselle police dog Rocco are acronym free, but Bart stands...of ...

ASAP, WHAT'S YOUR ACRONYM IQ? The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) (5/21/1990)
...give back one gold star. An acronym has really made it into the...adopt names with meaningful acronyms (FAWN, MADD, DARE), and...bit of clever humor into its acronym, but the humor is probably...the organization tries to police. Perhaps AAAS or NSF ...

ANALYSIS: Acronyms Keep All but Experts in Real Estate Guessing, MOL. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News (3/20/2004)
...real estate business love acronyms, more or less. Realtors...specialized abbreviations and acronyms even for common terms: ARM...but specialists -- for whom acronyms and abbreviations should be...PETE (government powers: police, eminent domain, taxes ...

P911 Brush up on the latest Internet acronyms. Stamford Advocate (Stamford, CT) (11/13/2006)
...the ones coming up with the acronyms, and I think this is empowering...constantly evolving jargon of acronyms, abbreviations and shorthand...TTYL (talk to you later) as acronyms she commonly uses with her...Task Force for the Stamford Police youth bureau. ...

Acronyms of terror. (Language Corner).(from the Nazis)(Brief Article) Swiss News (8/1/2002)
...German language with numerous acronyms, many of them inspiring...control over the political police in all German regions...Staatspolizei, or Secret State Police). Originally, this was Prussia's political police, renamed Gestapo by Himmler...

The drone, that smart animal: it is comforting to see, in our brutal world of defence where often-confusing acronyms have become a plague, that several publications--including and American one--have reverted to the good old fashioned word >.(Drone Update) Armada International (12/1/2006)
...favour of a full collection of acronyms that now requires a glossary...conjunction with the Austrian police to test its suitability for...are routinely performed by police helicopters. Although the...managed by those very same police officers that fly the ...

Acronyms and abbreviations.(Table) Ploughshares Monitor (6/22/2008)
Acronyms and Abbreviations AFCCL Automatic Firearms Country Control List ANA Afghan National Army ANP Afghan National Police APFO Africa Peace Forum ATK Alliant Techsystems Inc. AU African Union CARICOM Caribbean Community CCAV Caribbean Coalition...

I'VE BEEN sent further correspondence on the acronym.(Features) Daily Mail (London) (3/3/2009)
Byline: LITTLEJOHN I'VE BEEN sent further correspondence on the acronym 'Chimps', used by proper coppers to describe their police community support colleagues. Mail reader Tony Nicholls tells me the correct version is: 'Completely hopeless in most policing situations.'

New York City Sues Firm in Pittsburgh Shopping District over Acronyms Use. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA) (4/22/2004)
...items from socks to shot glasses carrying the NYPD and FDNY acronyms that became so familiar after the 9/11 attacks. New York newspapers report that charities associated with the city's police and fire departments have been licensing the use of the names...