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...even F.D.R.'s New Deal (WPA, PWA, NRA, etc., etc.) managed to cook up such a rich alphabet soup. Government agencies, politicians, labor unions, all 22 states and 13 political parties are known by their initials. BAA, BLA, BAP, BAM and BUM are prominent banks. MIC is the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, while MEC is the Ministry of Education and Culture, and MAC is a political action group called the Movimento Anticomunista. For slum clearance there is nothing quite so efficient as MUD (Democratic Urbanization Movement). And tax evaders must constantly watch out for the dread SFPRICFN, which...
...Paris, it took but a single ballot to elect Novelist-Journalist Joseph Kessel, 64, to the rarefied ranks of the Académic Française A byliner for Paris' France-Soir and author of the international bestseller The Lion, grey-maned Kessel is the first reporter ever to win a seat in the Academic. His election drew indignant grumbles from a fellow academician. Legion of Honor Commander Henry Bordeaux, who wrote the Academic protesting the entry of "this Kessel, who has lived such a dissolute life...
...however, that Biff shudder as if a cold caught him. As he lifted its slowly, he saw two things-inside first was a simple white card neatly printed on it in red ink man numeral seven enclosed circle. Beside it was a tiny mic needle...
...African leader predicted an early local union among the former British in East Africa, since they are by a common language (English), governmental systems, and strong mic interdependence...
...only a great beauty but a great lady, among whose descendants are some of France's leading critics, writers and scientists, including the present family head, Maurice, Due de Broglie and his brother, Nobel Prizewinner Prince Louis de Broglie, both atomic physicists and members of the Académic Francaise...