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EA

 

Electronic Arts Inc.        USA

The world's biggest video game publisher

(Reuters, October 2005)

 

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-taketwo-electronicarts.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/oct/15/
film.business

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EA

 

Environment Agency        UK

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECB

 

European Central Bank

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/european-central-bank

 

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/jan/22/
ecb-unveils-1-trillion-qe-plan-stimulate-eurozoen-economy

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/dec/28/
euro-low-dollar-banks-ecb

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ECT

 

electroconvulsive therapy

 

http://www.nytimes.com/health/guides/test/electroconvulsive-therapy/overview.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/16/
opinion/depression-can-be-treated-but-it-takes-competence.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ed Dept.

 

Education Department        USA

 

https://www.ed.gov/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDL

 

English Defence League

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/english-defence-league

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/19/my-journey-with-edl-tommy-robinson

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/24/islamists-gangs-edl-target-young-men

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/apr/30/six-plead-guilty-plot-edl

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/07/edl-leader-jailed-passport-us

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/dec/05/edl-march-violence-nottingham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDM

 

Electronic Dance Music

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/apr/20/
swedish-dj-avicii-dies-aged-28

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDT

 

Eastern Daylight Time

 

http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/edt.html 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EEOC

 

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission        USA

 

https://www.eeoc.gov/

 

 

https://www.propublica.org/article/
the-u-s-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-
confirms-a-pattern-of-age-discrimination-at-ibm - September 11, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

e.g.

 

Exempli gratia

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ELDC

 

Economically Less Developed Country

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/pyramid.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMA

 

Education Maintenance Allowance

 

https://www.theguardian.com/education/
education-maintenance-allowance-ema

 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/apr/26/
ema-education-government-cut

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2011/jan/19/
day-action-labour-urges-rethink-scrap-ema

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMDC

 

Economically More Developed Country

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/education/geog/population/pyramid.shtml

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.M.S. / EMS

 

Emergency medical services        USA

 

 

 

 

Bruce Plante

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Tulsa World

Tulsa, OK

Cagle

2 October 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/27/
nyregion/fdny-coronavirus-paramedics.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMT

 

Emergency medical technician    USA

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/
health/coronavirus-emt-workers.html

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/09/25/
495052633/deadly-opioid-overwhelms-first-responders-and-crime-labs-in-ohio

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-24-
emt-killing_x.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENO

 

English National Orchestra

 

https://www.eno.org/ 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/dec/05/
classicalmusicandopera2

 

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/jun/24/
classicalmusicandopera

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EOC

 

Equal Opportunity Commission

 

http://www.eoc.org.uk/ 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2004/jan/14/
genderissues.pay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EP

 

Extended Play

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Extended_play

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EPA

 

Environmental Protection Agency        USA

 

 

 

 

Jimmy Margulies

cartoon

The Record of Hackensack

NJ

Cagle

16 March 2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www3.epa.gov/

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/06/
626525274/get-to-know-andrew-wheeler-ex-coal-lobbyist-with-inside-track-to-lead-epa

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/10/13/
557607443/with-ok-from-epa-use-of-controversial-weedkiller-is-expected-to-double

http://www.npr.org/2017/02/17/
515748401/how-the-epa-became-a-victim-of-its-own-success

 

http://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2016/12/11

 

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/e-p-a-announces-mercury-limits/

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/31/science/earth/31epa.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/20/science/earth/20trash.html

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2005-12-19-epa_x.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/11/politics/11enviro.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.R.

 

Emergency room        USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/
822228196/coronavirus-pandemic-takes-a-toll-on-er-doctors-health-and-families

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/10/
469809684/hospitals-adapt-ers-to-meet-patient-demand-for-routine-care

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/16/
466947829/of-adhd-drugs-linked-to-increased-er-hospital-visits-study-finds

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/26/
health/er-costs-for-mentally-ill-soar-and-hospitals-seek-better-way.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/02/
opinion/at-the-er-bearing-witness-to-gun-violence.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/15/us/
15medical.html

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-01-17-
meth-hospitals_x.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.R.A.

 

Equal Rights Amendment        USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/09/08/
was-the-eras-defeat-really-a-loss-for-feminism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ERM

 

European Exchange Rate Mechanism

 

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/1992/sep/17/
past.larryelliott1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EST

 

Eastern Standard Time

 

https://time.is/fr/EST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ET

 

Extra Terrestrial

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/blog/2009/aug/17/
alien-life-exobiology-extraterrerstrial

 

 

Eastern Time

 

https://time.is/fr/ET

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ETFs

 

exchange-traded funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

E.U.

 

European Union

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/19/
opinion/a-loss-of-faith-in-the-eu.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/25/world/europe/britain-
brexit-european-union-referendum.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/14/
world/europe/britain-brexit-turkey-eu.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/19/
467353147/britain-and-the-eu-what-does-david-cameron-want

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2012/jan/25/
davos-soros-roubini-warnings-eurozone

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/audio/2011/dec/09/
politics-weekly-podcast-europe-cameron-treaty

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2011/dec/09/
cameron-eu-treaty-veto-analysis

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/13/ireland

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/19/eu.politics 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/30/eu.france 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/may/10/russia.europeanunion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Execs'

 

Executives

 

http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/2008-04-09-
ceo-pay_N.htm

 

 

 

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