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Protesting the New York Police Department's

surveillance tactics

near Police Headquarters in 2013.

Photograph: Seth Wenig

Associated Press

New York Drops Unit That Spied on Muslims

NYT

15 April 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/16/nyregion/
police-unit-that-spied-on-muslims-is-disbanded.html

N.A.A.C.P. / NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People USA

https://www.naacp.org/

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/03/
541382961/naacp-warns-black-travelers-to-use-extreme-caution-when-visiting-missouri

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/19/
529169100/naacp-is-looking-for-new-president-retooling-entire-organization

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/17/us/
julian-bond-former-naacp-chairman-and-civil-rights-leader-dies-at-75.html

NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/06/28/
1010129443/a-new-era-dawns-in-college-sports-as-the-ncaa-scrambles-to-keep-up

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/25/
980851585/ncaa-looms-large-in-debate-over-transgender-sports-restrictions

NCAI

National Congress of American Indians USA

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/17/
586440766/tribal-leaders-infrastructure-bill-should-include-indian-country-priorities

NAFTA

North American Free Trade Agreement /

treaty between the U.S., Mexico and Canada

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/26/
583943580/automakers-say-trumps-anti-nafta-push-could-upend-their-industry

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/27/
525920241/with-billions-at-stake-trump-agrees-to-mend-nafta-not-end-it

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/30/
522091641/trumps-draft-proposal-makes-tweaks-to-nafta

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/16/
515380213/why-ditching-nafta-could-hurt-americas-farmers-more-than-mexicos

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/11/
501732648/after-22-years-is-nafta-headed-back-to-the-drawing-board

NAO

National Audit Office UK

https://www.nao.org.uk/

NASA

National Aeronautics and Space Administration USA

https://www.nasa.gov/index.html

https://www.npr.org/2023/09/14/
1199451892/uap-ufo-new-nasa-report-science-roadmap

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/science/space/16planet.html

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/jan/04/spaceexploration.research

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/09/science/space/09shuttle.html

Nasdaq

National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations / Nasdaq composite index USA

http://freightteamsters.blogspot.com/2007/11/yrc-worldwide-inc-chairman-president.html

added 21 November 2008

https://www.nasdaq.com/

https://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN11442479
20070911

NATO / Nato

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

was created in 1949

as the military instrument of the common stand

by the United States and Western Europe

against Soviet expansionism.

But the cold war ended

with the collapse of the U.S.S.R.,

and NATO has shifted

to redefine itself and its mission.

In the wake of the Sept. 11 attacks,

it focused on terrorism,

especially Islamic radicalism

and its militant offshoots.

Several NATO allies,

while not playing a decisive military role,

have been engaged with the United States

in the war in Afghanistan since 2001.

Updated: June 10, 2011

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/
north_atlantic_treaty_organization/index.html

https://www.nato.int/

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/north-atlantic-treaty-organization

https://www.theguardian.com/world/nato

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

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/15/
1198910756/consider-this-from-npr-nato-positions-itself-for-war-03-15-2024

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/27/
1088683957/what-is-nato-ukraine-russia-putin

https://www.npr.org/2018/07/12/
628329172/trump-says-no-problem-in-nato-touting-allies-spending-pledges

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/11/11/
501679342/natos-relevance-will-his-administration-intervene

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/
opinion/does-nato-still-exist.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/03/14/
opinion/turkeys-drift-from-nato.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/19/
opinion/nato-after-libya.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/world/africa/
scores-of-unintended-casualties-in-nato-war-in-libya.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/world/asia/pakistan-
says-nato-helicopters-kill-dozens-of-soldiers.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/20/nato-libya-war-26000-missions

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/opinion/natos-teachable-moment.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/mar/22/libya-nato-us-france-uk

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/20/world/asia/20afghan.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/world/asia/07pstan.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/01/world/asia/01peshawar.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/23/world/asia/23afghan.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/03/world/03reax.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/may/19/sudan.nato

NBA

National Basketball Association USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/05/24/
529888031/nba-says-2019-all-star-game-will-be-in-n-c-after-partial-bathroom-bill-repeal

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/04/
sports/basketball/04rockets.html

N.C.

North Carolina USA

https://www.npr.org/2018/09/17/
648699271/travel-not-advised-in-large-swath-of-north-carolina-as-rivers-continue-to-flood

http://www.npr.org/2017/01/17/
510301308/in-rural-n-c-trump-supporters-eagerly-await-a-different-kind-of-change

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/09/
travel/36-hours-in-raleigh-nc.html

NCA

National Crime Agency UK

https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/

N.C.A.A. / NCAA

National Collegiate Athletic Association USA

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
national-collegiate-athletic-association

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/01/04/
953261708/ncaa-says-2021-march-madness-will-take-place-in-a-bubble-in-indiana

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/
944982415/challenging-the-ncaa-hbcus-say-no-more-discrimination-in-academic-rules

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/13/
557581005/ncaa-could-not-conclude-academic-violations-in-unc-athletics-scandal

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/
sports/mexico-cetys-ncaa-border.html

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/15/
520154990/march-gladness-a-northwestern-fan-celebrates-the-team-s-first-ncaa-bid

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/30/
opinion/joe-nocera-the-man-who-built-the-ncaa.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/
opinion/invitation-to-a-dialogue-leave-the-ncaa.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/26/
opinion/nocera-the-ncaas-ethics-problem.html

N.D.

North Dakota USA

NDA

nondisclosure agreement

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/15/
611288966/uber-will-no-longer-force-sexual-assault-survivors-
into-arbitration-or-ndas

NEAT

non-exercise activity thermogenesis

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/07/22/
1189303227/neat-fitness-non-exercise-activity-thermogenesis

NEOs

Near-Earth objects

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/dec/07/
spaceexploration.research

NFT

non-fungible token

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/nov/06/
how-nfts-non-fungible-tokens-are-shaking-up-the-art-world

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/21/
999360273/viral-charlie-bit-my-finger-video-to-leave-youtube-sell-as-nft

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/05/97
4089381/whats-an-nft-and-why-are-people-paying-millions-to-buy-them

N.H.

New Hampshire USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/08/
1085056986/as-misinformation-swirls-
many-n-h-towns-will-vote-on-ballot-counting-machines

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/04/
972914258/stranded-in-paradise-
n-h-retiree-rides-out-pandemic-in-new-zealand

Northern Ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/sep/13/
kings-ni-visit-echoes-previous-high-point-in-irish-british-relations

NIH

National Institutes of Health USA

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/10/
813979266/trump-vows-to-help-cruise-airline-industries-amid-coronavirus-concerns

NIRA

National Industrial Recovery Act USA

Following the enactment

of the the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA),

the National Recovery Administration (NRA)

was established on June 16, 1933

in an effort

by President Franklin D. Roosevelt

to assist the nation's

economic recovery

during the Great Depression.

The passage of NIRA ushered in

a unique experiment

in U.S. economic history -

the NIRA sanctioned, supported,

and in some cases, enforced

an alliance of industries.

The National Recovery Administration (NRA),

created by a separate executive order,

was put into operation soon

after the final approval of the act.

The administration was empowered

to make voluntary agreements

dealing with hours of work,

rates of pay, and the fixing of prices.

Patriotic appeals were made to the public,

and firms were asked

to display the Blue Eagle,

an emblem signifying NRA participation.

https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/
todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=616

https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/
index.html?dod-date=616

N.J.

New Jersey USA

https://www.npr.org/2017/01/13/
509547916/trumps-promises-of-deportations-create-uncertainty-for-n-j-family

neocon

neo Conservative

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/may/22/
christopher-hitchens-decca-aitkenhead

NFL

National Football League USA

https://www.nfl.com/

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
national-football-league

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/sports/football/
junior-seau-famed-nfl-linebacker-dies-at-43-in-apparent-suicide.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/
sports/football/kris-jenkinss-view-of-life-in-the-nfl-trenches.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/sports/football/22draft.html

NGO

Non Governmental Organization

N.H.

New Hampshire USA

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/07
/720488275/even-with-clear-conflicts-of-interest-n-h-lawmakers-rarely-bow-out-of-votes

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/08/
465916627/why-a-vote-for-jeb-bush-could-be-a-vote-for-trump-
in-the-new-hampshire-primary

http://travel.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/
travel/36-hours-in-portsmouth-nh.html

NHL

National Hockey League USA

https://www.npr.org/2021/12/21/
1066178145/the-nhl-pauses-season-until-after-christmas-
due-to-covid-19-risks

NHS

National Health System UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/nhs

https://www.theguardian.com/society/series/this-is-the-nhs

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/may/22/ivf-nhs-age-42-fertility

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/may/16/david-cameron-nhs-only-saved-reform

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/05/andrew-lansley-scrambles-to-save-nhs-reforms

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/feb/15/nhs-reforms-bma-meldrum

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/nov/27/hospital-death-rates-nhs-dr-foster

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/27/nhs-obesity-operation-ninefold-increase

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/jan/24/nhs.publicservices

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/oct/05/uk.health

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2006/mar/24/publicfinances.health

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2006/jan/05/uk.health

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/01/politics.publicservices1

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/may/16/mrsa.politics

1 - Northern Ireland

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/audio/2009/mar/11/
policeman-murder-northern-ireland

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/nov/24/uk.northernireland

2 - News International

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/may/14/
news-international-murdoch-thatcher

NICU

neonatal intensive care unit USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/07/20/
424639183/what-not-to-do-in-the-nicu

NIH

National Institutes of Health USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/06/15/
620328777/credibility-concerns-lead-nih-to-end-study-of-alcohols-health-effects

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/11/29/
503759592/congress-poised-to-pass-sweeping-law-covering-fda-and-nih

http://www.npr.org/2016/08/04/
488637607/nih-reviews-moratorium-on-funding-controversial-chimera-research

NIU

Northern Illinois University USA

https://www.niu.edu/index.shtml

N.M.

New Mexico USA

NME

New Musical Express UK

https://www.nme.com/

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/jun/12/morrissey-receive-apology-from-nme

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/feb/26/nme-60-editors-favourite-covers

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/
nme-names-top-50-albums-of-the-decade-1822046.html

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/dec/02/1

N.J.

New Jersey USA

http://travel.nytimes.com/2011/07/03/travel/36-hours-in-cape-may-nj.html

N.O.

New Orleans USA

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration USA

https://www.noaa.gov/

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/22/
979932115/noaa-upgrades-forecasts-as-climate-change-drives-more-severe-storms

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/
814043817/to-forecast-spring-flooding-noaa-planes-fly-slow-and-low

https://www.npr.org/2019/02/22/
696893615/noaa-researchers-ashes-were-dropped-into-the-eye-of-hurricane-michael

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/23/
511216488/like-high-definition-from-the-heavens-noaa-releases-new-images-of-earth

NORAD

North American Aerospace Defense Command,

known until March 1981

as the North American Air Defense Command USA

https://www.npr.org/2014/12/19/
371647099/norads-santa-tracker-began-with-a-typo-and-a-good-sport

NOTAM

Notice to Air Missions system USA

https://www.npr.org/2023/01/12/
1148480971/faa-notam-outage-ground-stop

NoW

News of the World UK

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/16/
paul-stephenson-drinks-neil-wallis

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/09/
newsoftheworld.pressandpublishing

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/aug/04/
newsoftheworld.pressandpublishing1

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/apr/06/
pressandpublishing.privacy

NPR

National Public Radio USA

https://www.npr.org/

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/
518120957/gop-house-oversight-chief-calls-for-sessions-to-recuse-on-russia-investigation

NRA

National Rifle Association USA

Welcome to the NRA Video NRA 30 March 2012

Join NRA Today and help us protect

your Second Amendment rights.

https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/si...

The National Rifle Association,

chartered in 1871,

is America's foremost defender

of Second Amendment rights.

We're proud protectors of history's patriots

- advocating the right to keep and bear arms,

advancing the shooting sports and championing

gun safety, education and training.

YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJo2xlmT29I

https://home.nra.org/

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
national-rifle-association

Anglonautes > gun violence > gun lobby > NRA

http://www.npr.org/2017/10/05/
555859571/nra-backed-gun-laws-have-found-success-in-state-legislatures-across-the-u-s *****

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/15/
502229875/following-election-nra-goes-on-offense-here-s-what-they-could-aim-to-do

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/
opinion/who-the-nra-really-speaks-for.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/us/nra-calls-for-armed-guards-at-schools.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/12/21/us/nra-news-conference-transcript.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/opinion/the-nra-crawls-from-its-hidey-hole.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/22/opinion/blow-guns-smoke-and-mirrors.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/opinion/the-nra-protection-racket.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/nyregion/
in-wake-of-newtown-shootings-nra-leader-faces-big-challenge.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/21/opinion/national-rifle-selling-association.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/18/nyregion/
silent-since-shootings-nra-could-face-challenge-to-political-power.html

http://www.cagle.com/news/nra-2012/

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/16/us/trayvon-martin-case-felt-at-nra-convention.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/13/us/nra-campaign-leads-to-expanded-self-defense-laws.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/11/michael-bloomberg-nra-gun-control

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/opinion/collins-pity-the-poor-gun-lobby.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/us/26guns.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/26/opinion/26fri1.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/us/politics/13nra.html

NSA

National Security Agency USA

Petar Pismestrovic

Editorial cartoon

Petar Pismestrovic is one of the founding members

of the Croatian Cartoonists Association (HDK),

and works for Kleine Zeitung in Austria.

Cagle

29 July 2013

https://www.nsa.gov/

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
national-security-agency

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/17/
opinion/israels-nsa-scandal.html

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/oct/21/
nsa-files-how-they-affect-you-video-animation

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/us/
nsa-foils-much-internet-encryption.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/28/
opinion/the-criminal-nsa.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/us/
17nsa.html

NSPCC

National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children UK

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/aug/10/
cyberbullies-target-children-nspcc-internet-abuse-askfm

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/nov/03/childrensservices.childprotection1

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jul/05/children.childprotection

NTSB

National Transportation Safety Board USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/
1251351023/francis-scott-key-bridge-collapse-ntsb-investigation

NSW

Australia > New South Wales

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/gallery/2022/feb/28/
qld-floods-queensland-flooding-brisbane-2022-bne-gympie-photos-gallery-
in-pictures - Guardian picture gallery

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/mar/24/
fears-for-echidnas-and-wombats-trapped-underground-by-nsw-floods

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/25/
nsw-premier-calls-on-shoppers-to-avoid-sydneys-boxing-day-sales-
as-covid-cluster-grows-to-108

NTSB

National Transportation Safety Board USA

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/20/
1124171320/autos-drunk-driving-blood-alcohol-system-ntsb

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/05/
583455540/ntsb-looks-at-disabled-signals-locked-switch-
in-latest-deadly-amtrak-crash

NUM

National Union of Mineworkers UK

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/oct/11/
tradeunions.uk

NUS

National Union of Students

http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2010/nov/28/
student-leader-apologises-over-dithering

NUT

National Union of Teachers UK

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/mar/28/
education-system-privatised-2015-union

New York (State) USA

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/11/
travel/36-hours-lake-placid-ny.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/15/
nyregion/15webnygov.html

NYC

New York City USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/nyregion/
on-facebook-nypd-officers-malign-west-indian-paradegoers.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/29/nyregion/
29surfing.html

DMX Charged in NYC

with Impersonating FBI agent

R, 26.6.2004

NYU

New York University USA

http://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/
535757103/how-to-be-a-muslim-author-on-being-a-spokesperson-for-his-faith

NYMEX

New York Mercantile Exchange USA

https://www.cmegroup.com/company/nymex.html

NYPD

New York Police Department USA

https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/index.page

https://www.nytimes.com/topic/organization/
new-york-city-police-department

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/24/
opinion/more-overreach-by-the-nypd.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/young-black-and-frisked-by-the-nypd.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/02/
occupy-wall-street-nypd-tactics

NYSE

New York Stock Exchange USA

https://www.nyse.com/index

https://www.npr.org/2020/03/18/
817650272/another-day-another-direction-for-stocks-this-time-its-down

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/10/
618271798/it-was-never-about-my-gender-nyse-s-first-female-president-thanks-her-trailblaze

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/20/
business/jeffrey-sprechers-improbable-path-to-buying-the-nyse.html

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acronyms, initialisms, shorthands

English language >

describing people / actions / thoughts,

iconic words,

translations / faux amis,

acronyms

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Grammaire anglaise explicative - niveau avancé

Verbalisation > Abréviation -> Verbe