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Pa.

Pennsylvania USA

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

Press Association

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 - broken link

https://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

PB&J

Peanut butter and jelly

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

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/25/
g-s1-29481/pb-j-again-banish-lunchbox-boredom-with-these-6-kid-approved-recipes

PBR

pre-budget report UK

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

Police Constabulary / Personal computer / political correctness

Bob Englehart

The Hartford Courant

Hartford, Connecticut

Cagle

7 January 2011

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

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

PCM

Pulse-code modulation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Pulse-code_modulation

PCOS

polycystic ovary syndrome

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/article/2024/sep/03/
pcos-effects-mental-health

PCP

Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia

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

Personal contract plan

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

PDA

Personal Digital Assistant

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

PDF

Portable Document Format

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/20/
technology/chuck-geschke-dead.html

PDT

Pacific Daylight Time USA

https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/pdt

physical education

https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/03/05/
974045465/as-schools-reopen-popular-pe-with-joe-online-exercise-class-goes-bye-bye

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/03/25/
world/joe-wicks-coronavirus-workout-wellness-trnd/index.html

PFA

Professional Footballers' Association UK

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.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/
science/pfas-forever-chemicals.html

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

PGA

Professional Golfers’ Association USA

https://www.npr.org/2024/05/17/
1252077448/scottie-scheffler-arrest-charges-pga-championship

Ph. D

Doctor of Philosophy

pics

pictures

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

PIN

Personal Identifcation Number

PLC

Public Limited Company

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

https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/article/2024/sep/03/
pcos-effects-mental-health

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/12/06/
1217479136/periodical-lina-lyte-plioplyte

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

PMT

Pre Menstrual Tension

The Sun Tuesday, March 28, 2006

PNG

Papua New Guinea

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/17/
png-could-already-have-vaccines-if-australia-had-not-blocked-waiver-
says-msf

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

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

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

https://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/2023/09/06/
1197358361/the-perilous-hunt-for-ppp-fraud-and-the-hot-tip-that-wasnt

https://www.propublica.org/article/
ppp-loans-bankruptcy - April 19, 2021

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

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

P.S.J.F.

Please Send Junk Food

Peanuts

Charles Schulz

GoComics

July 23, 2023

https://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/2023/07/23

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/

https://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN27368426
20080527/

PTO

paid time off

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/04/
1247608167/doctors-physicians-pto-vacation-struggle-breaks-burnout

pun > pretend time off

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2024/05/04/
1247608167/doctors-physicians-pto-vacation-struggle-breaks-burnout

PVC

polyvinyl chloride

https://www.propublica.org/article/
pollution-kentucky-westlake-chemical-cancer - June 27, 2022

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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