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Chai, the Hebrew word for "life," is an acronym for the Hebrew words meaning "Jewish education...

Author: By Mary LOUISE Kelly, | Title: Hillel Starts Week-Long Jewish Identity Series | 2/26/1990 | See Source »

...long overdue," said Steven D. Busby, amember of the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power,known by the acronym...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NIH Funds AIDS Center At Harvard | 10/7/1989 | See Source »

...heavily dependent on reservation systems and the airlines that own them, often at the expense of carriers without their own computers. Nearly 87% of all flights are now booked through the carriers with computerized networks, compared with 61% in 1983. The most dominant system is American's SABRE (an acronym for Semi-Automated Business Research Environment), used by 14,000 agencies to keep up with some 45 million different fares at 281 airlines. United's Apollo, the second largest, is used by 10,000 agencies. Last year the SABRE system brought American profits of $134 million, mainly in user fees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Big Eagles and Sitting Ducks | 5/15/1989 | See Source »

...sides go through a diplomatic grope in search of common ground, neither expects the CFE talks to be a kaffeeklatsch. (The talks were originally given the acronym CAFE, but that was discarded as too frivolous.) It is a promising sign that negotiators chose last week to accentuate the positive. "They called for several things which sound pretty reasonable," said Ledogar of his East bloc counterparts. Concurred Oleg Grinievsky, chief of the Soviet delegation: "The very first hours witnessed an exchange of positions, rather than recriminations." Baker and Shevardnadze boosted optimism by setting a May date in Moscow to discuss resumption...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West Let's Count Down | 3/20/1989 | See Source »

...mean time, I have taken up the struggle on my own. How does "femteen" sound? What about "wogirl"? My personal favorite is "ibgaw," an acronym for "in between girl and woman." Another classic is "woadi," standing for "without any disrespect intended." Sure they may seem awkward now, but think of the children. They'll get used...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: When Guys Were Guys and... | 3/16/1989 | See Source »

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