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3M,The Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
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A&W,Allen and Wright (founders Roy Allen and Frank Wright)
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AATF,"American Association of Teachers of French, or: African Agricultural Technology Foundation"
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ABC,American Broadcasting Corporation
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ABC,Associated British Corporation
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ABC,Australian Broadcasting Corporation
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ACLU,American Civil Liberties Union
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ADB,Asian Development Bank
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AIIB,Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
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ASEAN,Association of South East Nations
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AT&T,American Telephone and Telegraph Company
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ATF,"U.S. Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Bureau"
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BMW, Bavarian Motor Works
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BND,Bundesnachrichtendienst (Germany)
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BVD, Bradley, Voorhees, and Day
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CERN,European Organization for Nuclear Research
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CIA,U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
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CDC,U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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DHS,U.S. Department of Homeland
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DOC,U.S. Department of Commerce
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DOD,U.S. Department of Defense
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DOE,U.S. Department of Energy
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DOI,U.S. Department of the Interior
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DOJ,U.S. Department of Justice
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DOL,U.S. Department of Labor
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DOS,U.S. Department of State
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DOT,U.S. Department of Transportation
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EASA,European Aviation Safety Agency
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ED,U.S. Department of Education
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ESA,European Space Agency
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ESPN, Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
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FBI,U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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GEICO, Government Employees Insurance Company
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H&M, Hennes and Mauritz
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HHS,U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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HSBC, Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
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HUD,U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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IBM, International Business Machines
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2021-12-09 17:23:46 +01:00
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ICI,Imperial Chemical Industries
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IMF,International Monetary Fund
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ISO,International Organization for Standardization
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J&J,Johnson & Johnson
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JBL, James Bullough Lansing
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JPL, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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L.L. Bean, Leon Leonwood Bean
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LAPD,Los Angeles Police Department
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LBA,Luftfahrtbundesamt (German aviation agency)
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M&M, Mars & Murrie’s
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MILF,Moro Islamic Liberation Front
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MIT,Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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NASA,National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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NATO,North Atlantic Treaty Organization
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NBC,National Broadcasting Company
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NIST,U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
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NHTSA,U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
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NORAD,North American Aerospace Defense Command (formerly North American Air Defense Command)
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NSA,U.S. National Security Agency
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NYPD,New York Police Department
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OECD,Organization for Economic Cooperation & Development
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SAARC,South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
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SWIFT,Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication
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TREAS,U.S. Department of the Treasury
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ULA,United Launch Alliance
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UN,United Nations Organization
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UNESCO,United Nations Education Scientific & Cultural Organization
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UNICEF,United Nations Children's Fund
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UNO,United Nations Organization
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USDA,United States Department of Agriculture
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UPS,United Parcel Service
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USSF,"United States Space Force, the space service branch of the United States Armed Forces"
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USSF,"United States Soccer Federation, governing body of soccer in the United States"
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USSF,"United States Social Forum, an activist organization"
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USSF,"US Sumo Federation, governing body of sumo in the United States"
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VA,U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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VW,Volkswagen
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WEF,World Economic Forum
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WHO,World Health Organization
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WWF,World Wide Fund for Nature
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YKK, Yoshida Manufacturing Corporation
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YMCA,Young Men's Christian Association
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YWCA,Young Women's Christian Association
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