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March 05, 2014

District Attorney (prosecutor) USA

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

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/15/
1170680434/fani-willis-fulton-atlanta-prosecutor-trump-case

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/mar/31/texas-
district-attorney-wife-killed

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/aug/11/usa.
hillaryclinton

DAB

Digital Audio Broadcasting

https://www.worlddab.org/

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/jun/03/
amazing-radio-dab-digital-one

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/oct/26/
comment.comment

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/aug/17/
comment.bbc

DACA

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals USA

http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/08/15/
543643821/five-years-in-whats-next-for-daca

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/05/nyregion/
living-in-fear-in-the-us-time-to-take-her-education-and-leave.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/15/
515389634/daca-recipient-sues-u-s-government-
after-he-is-detained-by-immigration-authoriti

D&D

'Dungeons & Dragons'

https://www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/06/29/
884824236/dungeons-dragons-tries-to-banish-racist-stereotypes

District of Columbia USA

John Cole

political cartoon

The Scranton Times

Scranton

Cagle

14 September 2010

https://dc.gov/

http://www.npr.org/2017/04/29/
526211042/trump-holds-rally-in-pennsylvania-as-journalists-gather-at-annual-d-c-dinner

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/11/09/
501412360/d-c-votes-overwhelmingly-to-become-51st-state

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/05/us/
occupy-dc-stopped-from-putting-up-a-building.html

DEA

Drug Enforcement Administration USA

https://www.dea.gov/index.shtml

https://www.npr.org/2021/05/03/
993059731/u-s-mexico-efforts-targeting-drug-cartels-have-unraveled-
top-dea-official-tells-

DEFCON

defense readiness condition USA

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

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/27/
biden-trump-debate-democrats-reaction

DEI

diversity, equity and inclusion

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/16/
briefing/university-diversity-programs.html

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/26/
nx-s1-5049816/kamala-harris-sexism-racism-gender-jd-vance-cat-ladies

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/28/
nx-s1-5022816/tractor-supply-dei-climate-backlash

https://www.npr.org/2024/03/21/
1239834394/up-first-newsletter-alabama-dei-ban-reddit-ipo-nyse

https://www.npr.org/2023/08/19/
1194595310/dei-affirmative-action-supreme-court-layoffs-diversity-equity-inclusion

https://www.npr.org/2023/05/15/
1176210007/florida-ron-desantis-dei-ban-diversity

https://www.propublica.org/article/
cherokee-county-school-board-elections - June 24, 2020

DHS

Department of Homeland Security USA

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/09/
911188416/whistleblower-alleges-dhs-tried-to-alter-intelligence-to-match-trumps-claims

https://www.npr.org/2019/07/02/
738179391/dhs-inspector-general-finds-dangerous-overcrowding-in-border-patrol-facilities

https://www.npr.org/2018/12/29/
680932809/trump-blames-democrats-for-deaths-of-migrant-kids-as-dhs-secretary-visits-border

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/25/
641652912/dhs-asks-for-positive-gems-about-war-torn-countries-to-justify-returning-immigra

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/16/
620451012/dhs-nearly-2-000-children-separated-from-adults-at-border-in-six-weeks

http://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/
518143844/dhs-to-help-jewish-community-centers-enhance-security-protocols

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/22/
516649344/whats-new-in-those-dhs-memos-on-immigration-enforcement

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/17/us/
us-sets-up-crisis-shelter-as-children-flow-across-border-alone.html

DfID

Department for international development UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/
department-for-international-development

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2004/jun/18/
foreignpolicy.uk

DfT

Department for Transport UK

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/
department-for-transport

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/30/
speed-limit-rise-deaths-pollution

DIA

Defense Intelligence Agency USA

https://www.dia.mil/

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/libertycentral/2009/may/13/
ibn-al-sheikh-al-libi

DIY

Do It Yourself

https://www.npr.org/2022/07/01/
1109431302/car-maintenance-tips-checklist

https://www.npr.org/2020/07/14/
890841587/stay-at-home-improvement-diy-builders-help-drive-up-lumber-prices

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2013/oct/14/solution-housing-crisis-flatpack

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2010/may/11/ethical-living-diy-big-society

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2008/apr/28/health.cancer

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/mar/23/
shopping.britishidentity

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2005/aug/03/
spaceexploration.internationalnews1

Disc Jockey

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/apr/21/
usher-day-in-the-life

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/organgrinder/2009/sep/02/radio-one-chris-moyles

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/09/urban.radio

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/jan/06/commercialradio.radio

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/12/technology/circuits/12basics.html

D.J.T.

Donald John Trump

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/27/
opinion/trump-coronavirus-new-deal.html

direct message

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/
style/bianca-brunette-norris-white-wedding.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/06/26/
nyregion/nyc-dms-messages-signs-graffiti.html

D.M.V.

Department of Motor Vehicles USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/07/
opinion/the-sec-should-copy-the-dmv.html

DMX

Dark Man X

https://www.npr.org/2021/04/09/
984274079/rapper-and-actor-dmx-dead-at-50

DMZ

Demilitarized zone

DNA

Deoxyribonucleic Acid

The Guardian p. 40 16 November 2005

http://www.npr.org/2015/10/09/
447202433/-great-pause-among-forensic-scientists-as-dna-proves-fallible

http://www.npr.org/2014/02/04/
271120630/exonerations-on-the-rise-and-not-just-because-of-dna

http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/
a-stunning-error-in-mississippi/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/us/
texas-man-seeks-inquiry-after-exoneration-in-murder.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/
business/dna-sequencing-caught-in-deluge-of-data.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/
magazine/dna-evidence-lake-county.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/video/2010/nov/30/dna-double-helix-watson-crick

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/opinion/13tue1.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/us/09sleeper.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/22/us/22dna.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/19/us/19scotus.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/19/alfie-patten-not-father-dna-proves

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/mar/12/dna-teresa-de-simone-hodgson

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/dec/09/healthandwellbeing-medicalresearch

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/25/us/25dna.html

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2008/jan/17/
ukcrime.uknews41

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/oct/23/ukcrime

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2006/sep/09/crime.uknews

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jan/05/race.ukcrime

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2005/may/21/health.genetics1

http://www.geneticengineering.org/chemis/Chemis-NucleicAcid/DNA.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/apr/11/science.ukcrime

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/20/genetics.science

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2000/jun/27/
genetics.uknews

DNC

Democratic National Committee USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/18/
nx-s1-5078651/dnc-convention-harris-walz-speakers-schedule

https://www.npr.org/2018/08/25/
641725402/dnc-set-to-reduce-role-of-superdelegates-in-presidential-nominating-process

https://www.npr.org/2018/02/22/
587722316/one-year-in-dnc-turnaround-has-a-long-way-to-go

DNR

Do Not Resuscitate

https://www.propublica.org/article/
the-family-wanted-a-do-not-resuscitate-order-the-doctors-didnt - Dec. 31, 2019

DNS

Domain Name System

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/
technology/daniel-kaminsky-dead.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/dec/03/
dns-ip-ddos-explained

DOs

Osteopathic physicians, commonly known as DOs USA

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/06/05/
1179738395/with-few-mds-practicing-in-rural-areas-
a-different-type-of-doctor-is-filling-the

DOA

Dead on arrival / Dead or alive

added 1 April 2007

http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Film%20Noir%20Posters/Film%20Noir%20Poster%20-%20D.O.A._01.jpg

http://www.doctormacro.com/Movie%20Star%20Pages/Film%20Noir%20Posters/Film%20Noir%20Posters.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
D.O.A._(1950_film)

DOE

Department of Education USA

https://www.ed.gov/

DOJ

Department of Justice USA

https://www.justice.gov/

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/25/
1247123011/boeing-crash-737-max-doj

http://www.npr.org/2017/08/03/
541430130/trump-admin-looking-into-whether-harvard-discriminates-
against-asian-americans

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/02/19/
467385553/doj-lays-out-its-legal-case-for-why-apple-should-help-crack-an-iphone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RknqYrGa9ok

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2015/03/06/
391248345/doj-indicts-3-men-accused-of-largest-data-breach-in-history

DOMA

Defense of Marriage Act USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/
opinion/the-courts-global-message-on-doma.html

DoS

Denial of Service

DPA

Digital Personal Assistant

DPP

Director of Public Prosecutions UK

https://www.cps.gov.uk/about-cps

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2012/oct/24/
jimmy-savile-dpp-2009-evidence

http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2010/sep/20/dpp-apologises-woman-courts-rape-trial

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/oct/21/terrorism-uk-security

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/nov/24/ukcrime.claredyer1

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/aug/21/jamiewilson

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld199899/ldjudgmt/jd990304/jones03.htm

DPT

Department

DRC

Democratic Republic of the Congo

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/may/18/
drc-has-seen-epidemics-before-
but-covid-19s-toll-on-older-people-leaves-me-sleepless

DREAM Act

Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors USA

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2010/12/01/
get-facts-dream-act

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/
365519963/obama-will-announce-relief-for-up-to-5-million-immigrants

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/01/us/
dream-act-gives-young-immigrants-a-political-voice.html

DREAMers

children

who entered the country illegally

with their parents.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/
365519963/obama-will-announce-relief-for-up-to-5-million-immigrants

The DREAM Act

(short for Development, Relief and Education

for Alien Minors Act)

was a bill in Congress

that would have granted legal status

to certain undocumented immigrants

who were brought to the United States

as children and went to school here.

Although several versions of the bill

have been introduced in Congress since 2001,

it has never passed.

In the last few years the term “DREAMer”

has been used to describe

young undocumented immigrants

who were brought

to the United States as children,

who have lived and gone to school here,

and who in many cases identify as American.

The term DREAMer originally took its name

from the bill in Congress,

but it has a double meaning

about the undocumented youth

who have big hopes and dreams

for a better future.

- 2014

http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/
education-outreach/what-is-the-dream-act-and-who-are-the-dreamers.pdf

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/04/18/
524610150/first-dreamer-protected-by-deferred-action-program-is-deported

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2014/11/20/
365519963/obama-will-announce-relief-for-up-to-5-million-immigrants

DSL

asymmetric digital subscriber line > DSL Internet Technology

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/04/
technology/joseph-lechleider-a-father-of-the-dsl-internet-technology-
dies-at-82.html

DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders USA

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/may/12/
psychiatrists-under-fire-mental-health

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/
health/psychiatrys-new-guide-falls-short-experts-say.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/12/
opinion/break-up-the-psychiatric-monopoly.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/09/
health/dsm-panel-backs-down-on-diagnoses.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/18/
health/18psych.html

DST

daylight saving time

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/13/
976859476/some-senators-want-permanent-daylight-saving-time

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/oct/21/
spring-forward-fall-back-who-changes-the-clocks-when-and-why

DTI

Department of Trade and Industry UK

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/jun/01/
politics.motoring

DTP

vaccine against

Diphtheria,

Pertussis

- better known as whooping cough -

and Tetanus

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/
well/family/an-appreciation-for-vaccines-and-how-far-they-have-come

DUI

Driving Under the Influence USA

Paul Combs

The Tampa Tribune

Cagle

16 November 2005

http://cagle.msnbc.com/politicalcartoons/PCcartoons/combs.asp

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/14/
1251339139/central-florida-farmworkers-bus-overturns-deaths

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/30/
523004450/scientists-still-seek-a-reliable-dui-test-for-marijuana

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/24/
521356512/utah-cuts-dui-alcohol-limit-to-lowest-level-in-u-s-law-
also-affects-gun-owners

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/24/us/
politics/senator-crapo-charged-with-drunken-driving.html

DUP

Democratic Unionist Party Northern Ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2024/jan/30/
martin-rowson-dup-deal-westminster-cartoon-northern-ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2017/aug/03/
the-dup-heartland-who-are-the-kingmakers-video

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2007/mar/09/northernireland.
devolution2

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2005/may/07/uk.northernireland

domestic violence

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/26/
it-was-awful-
annies-worst-fears-came-true-
after-she-accused-her-police-officer-partner-of-dv-ntwnfb

DVD

Digital Versatile Disc

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

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/may/08/
tv-sets-fall-america-naughton

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/14/technology/14bluray.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/jul/19/hmvgroupbusiness.retail

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/business/media/25dvd.html

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/oct/17/news.citynews

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2006/jan/06/news.gadgets

DVR

Digital Video Recording / Recorder

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/
arts/television/on-sundays-the-dvr-runneth-over.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/23/business/media/23dad.html

DVT

Deep Vein Thrombosis

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec/29/heavy-d-pulmonary-embolism-dvt

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2005/dec/08/transportintheuk.money

DWI

Driving while intoxicated USA

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/nyregion/18albany.html

DWP

Department for Work and Pensions UK

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/oct/01/
dwp-scraps-retesting-for-chronically-ill-sickness-benefits-claimants

http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/mar/16/
dwp-jobs-website-universal-jobsmatch

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/dec/22/
benefit-cap-delay-dwp-criticism

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/16/
dwp-fraud-welfare-work-companies

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