ABC: american broadcasting company
A-BOMB: atomic bomb
AID: agency for international development
BBC: British broadcasting corporation
CIA: central intelligence agency
CNN: cable news network
FBI: federal bureau of investigation
FIFA: federal international of football association
GB: great Britain
MBC: marry Baldwin college
NATO: north Atlantic treaty organization
NBA: national basketball association
OPEC: organization of petroleum exporting countries
PH.D: doctor of philosophy degree
PTA: per-cutaneous transluminal angioplasty
UK: united kingdom
WBA: world boxing association