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Pa.

 

Pennsylvania        USA

 

http://www.state.pa.us/

 

 

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/06/30/travel/36-hours-in-gettysburg-pa.html

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2008-10-18-senator_N.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PA

 

Press Association

 

http://www.pa.press.net/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PACs

 

political action committee        USA

 

As the 2012 presidential campaign

opened with the early Republican primaries,

it became clear just how deeply

the campaign finance landscape

has been changed

by a 2010 Supreme Court decision,

Citizens United v.

Federal Election Commission.

 

In the case, a bitterly divided court

ruled 5 to 4 that the government

may not ban independent political spending

by corporations, as well as labor unions

and other organizations,

in candidate elections.

Updated: Feb. 7, 2012
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/c/campaign_finance/index.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/campaign-finance-super-pacs 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/06/us/
politics/emanuel-leaves-campaign-to-help-super-pacs.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/10/
opinion/some-saner-voices-on-super-pacs.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P&P

 

Post and Packaging

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PBR

 

pre-budget report        UK

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/oct/09/economy.tax1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PC

 

Police Constabulary / Personal computer / political correctness

 

 

 

Bob Englehart

The Hartford Courant

Hartford, Connecticut

Cagle

7 January 2011

 

Related

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/06/opinion/06thu4.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.gocomics.com/jen-sorensen/2016/12/06

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/01/
opinion/campaign-stops/trump-clinton-edsall-psychology-anti-pc-vote.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/24/
business/john-f-akers-79-dies-led-ibm-as-pcs-ascended.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/
technology/intel-tries-to-find-a-foothold-beyond-pcs.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/apr/02/
police-race-row-assault-claim

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/jan/08/
political-correctness-pc-comedians-slang

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/
technology/as-new-ipad-debut-nears-some-see-decline-of-pcs.html

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/sep/16/ian-tomlinson-death-police-trial

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/04/ian-tomlinson-inquest-simon-harwood

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/business/03roberts.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/mar/08/race.world 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/oct/11/ukcrime 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2006/jul/29/comment.mainsection3 

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2006/jan/11/ukguns.markoliver 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pc

 

per cent

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/recession/
4732308/UK-car-production-falls-58.7pc.html 

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/jan/06/
householdbills.utilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCC

 

Press Complaints Commission

 

http://www.pcc.org.uk/

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/oct/13/lord-hunt-wirral-pcc-chairman

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/nov/26/pcc-buscombe-apology-phone-hacking

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/nov/21/uk.media

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCP

 

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

 

http://aids.about.com/cs/conditions/a/pcpguide.htm

 

 

Personal contract plan

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2002/mar/18/
consumernews.consumeraffairs1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PDA

 

Personal Digital Assistant

 

http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-a-pda-personal-digital-assistant.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PDT

 

Pacific Daylight Time        USA

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PFA

 

Professional Footballers' Association

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/apr/30/pfa-reginald-d-hunter-race-remarks

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/oct/24/pfa-criticism-action-plan-racism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PFAS

 

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/04/22/
708863848/scientists-dig-into-hard-questions-about-the-fluorinated-pollutants-known-as-pfa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pfc

 

Private first class        USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/31/us/bradley-manning-verdict.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/01/us/
bradley-manning-admits-giving-trove-of-military-data-to-wikileaks.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/31/us/
31soldier.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ph. D

 

Doctor of Philosophy        USA

 

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-12-14-
lsu-students-slain_N.htm
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pics

 

pictures

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/may/20/newsinternational.sun

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PIN

 

Personal Identifcation Number

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PLC

 

Public Limited Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PM

 

1 - Post Meridiem

 

2 - Prime Minister

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/dec/09/
cameron-eu-treaty-veto-analysis

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/may/13/uk
crime.immigrationpolicy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PMQs

 

Prime Minister's Question Time        UK

 

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=e0JxhQe30AE - BBC - 12 December 2018

 

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2016/feb/10/
pmqs-cameron-corbyn-eu-referendum-emergency-brake-wont-cut-eu-migration-
says-former-eu-chief-politics-live

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/oct/10/
houseofcommons.davidcameron 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/jul/04/
houseofcommons.uk1 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PMS

 

premenstrual syndrome

 

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/
this-is-my-brain-on-pms/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PMT

 

Pre Menstrual Tension

 

 

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

P.O.C.

 

people of color        USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/29/
918418825/is-it-time-to-say-r-i-p-to-p-o-c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POHM / Pom / Poms

 

Prisoner of His Majesty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POTHUS

 

President of the United States

 

http://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2017/01/20/
510784802/on-the-day-of-white-house-transitions-twitter-shifts-potus-to-donald-trump

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

POW / PoW

 

Prisoner of War

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/25/
574516674/from-a-pow-prison-john-mccain-emerged-a-maverick

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/29/us/politics/jeremiah-a-denton-jr-war-hero-and-senator-dies-at-89.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/16/american-pow-alive-taliban-captivity-bowe-bergdahl

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/10/world/asia/pow-is-focus-of-talks-on-taliban-prisoner-swap.html

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/feb/11/
iraq.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPE

 

personal protective equipment

 

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

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/13/
ministers-must-be-open-with-nhs-about-ppe-shortages

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/28/
822911643/one-way-to-help-strapped-hospitals-print-ppe-using-3d-printers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ppp

 

parts per million

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/may/10/
carbon-dioxide-highest-level-greenhouse-gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPP

 

Paycheck Protection Program        USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/29/
950902403/omni-hotels-accepted-millions-in-ppp-funds-but-didnt-pay-workers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PR

 

Public Relations / Proportional Representation

 

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/may/02/
max-clifford-sex-politics-tabloids-simon-hattenstone

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/feb/02/surveillance-drone-industy-pr-effort

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/jun/16/simon-lewis-pr-gordon-brown

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/dec/12/menezes-police

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/dec/19/usa.marketingandpr 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/oct/28/iraq.iraq1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-K

 

prekindergarten        USA

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/
opinion/pre-k-on-the-starting-blocks.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSA

 

public service announcement        USA

 

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/04/
811609241/coronavirus-fears-have-led-to-a-golden-age-of-hand-washing-psas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PRT

 

personal rapid transit   

 

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/24/
440859459/why-nonstop-travel-in-personal-pods-has-yet-to-take-off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSNI

 

Police Service of Northern Ireland

 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/aug/09/
belfast-police-protests-attacked-clashes-loyalists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PTSD / P.T.S.D.

 

Post-traumatic stress disorder

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/
veterans-and-post-traumatic-stress-disorder

 

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/
luis-carlos-montalvan-advocate-for-soldiers-with-ptsd-dies-at-43.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/
magazine/what-if-ptsd-is-more-physical-than-psychological.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/23/
opinion/sarah-palin-this-is-what-ptsd-is-really-like.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/21/
opinion/the-heavy-burden-of-post-traumatic-stress-disorder.html

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/may/12/
ptsd-terrifying-speed-afghanistan-veterans

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/
opinion/kristof-veterans-and-brain-disease.html

http://atwar.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/07/
for-veterans-with-post-traumatic-stress-pain-killers-carry-risks/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/11/us/
post-traumatic-stress-disorder-may-cause-erratic-driving.html

 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/us/08vets.html

 

http://homefires.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/living-the-dream/

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2736842620080527

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PVL

 

 

 

PVL: New strain of superbug targets the young,

and its latest victim is an NHS nurse

 

The Independent        Published: 18 December 2006

By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news
/pvl-new-strain-of-superbug-targets-the-young-and-its-latest-victim-is-an-nhs-nurse-428961.html

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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