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American Reform Party The American Reform Party is a minor political party in the United States that was formed in a factional split from the larger Reform Party of the United States in October 1997. The split occurred when some members of the Reform Party, believing that party founder Ross Perot had rigged the party's 1996 presidential nomination for himself, walked out of the national convention.
American Refugee Committee The American Refugee Committee (ARC) is a major international non-profit organization focused on helping refugees and displaced peoples. The group was initially founded in 1979 to provide aid to people displaced by the Vietnam War.
American Regions Mathematics League The American Regions Mathematics League (ARML), is an annual high school mathematics team competition held simultaneously at three locations in the United States: the University of Iowa, Penn State, and UNLV. Past sites have included San Jose and at Duke University.
American Registry for Internet Numbers The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Canada, the United States, and some islands in the Caribbean and North Atlantic ocean. Established in December 1997, ARIN is incorporated as a nonprofit in the Commonwealth of Virginia, USA.
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) is a national registry for individuals with degrees in the field of diagnostic medical Radiography, Radiation therapy and Nuclear Medicine, amongst other subspecialties.
American Religious Townhall The American Religious Townhall is a syndicated weekly television program in which clergy from various religious denominations debate various religious, political and social issues. The show was started in the early days of television by Bishop A.
American Renaissance In the history of American architecture and the arts, the American Renaissance was the period ca 1880 - 1914 characterized by renewed national self-confidence and a feeling that the United States was the heir to Greek democracy, Roman law, and Renaissance humanism. The American preoccupation with national identity (or nationalism) in this period was expressed by modernism and technology as well as academic classicism.
American Renaissance (literature) In American literature, the American Renaissance was the mid-19th century, and especially the period roughly from 1850 to 1855, during which many of the works most widely considered American masterpieces were produced. These included Melville's Moby-Dick, Whitman's first edition of Leaves of Grass, Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter and The House of the Seven Gables, Thoreau's Walden, and Emerson's Representative Men (though most of Emerson's best-known texts preceded the period slightly).
American Reprographics Company American Reprographics Company (NYSE: ARP) is the largest reprographics company in the United States, providing business-to-business document management services to the architectural, engineering and construction industry, or AEC industry. It also provides these services to companies in non-AEC industries that require sophisticated document management services.
American Republican Party The American Republican Party was a minor nativist political organization that was launched in New York in June, 1843, largely as a protest against immigrant voters and officeholders. In 1844 it carried municipal elections in New York City and Philadelphia and expanded so rapidly that by July, 1845, a national convention was called.
American Resort Development Association The American Resort Development Association ("ARDA") is a professional assocation representing the USA vacation ownership and resort development industry, also referred to as the timeshare industry. It currently acts to advocate for the industry, playing a role in local, state, and national governmental issues.
American Revolution The American Revolution was a political movement during the last half of the 18th century that ended British control of the Thirteen Colonies and resulted in the creation of the new nation of the United States of America in 1776.
American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence,British writers generally favor "American War of Independence" or "War of American Independence". In the United States, the war is generally called the "Revolutionary War", "War for Independence", or simply "the Revolution".
American River The American River (RĂ­o de los Americanos in the Mexican period) located in the US state of California, has a prominent place in United States history for being the site of Sutter's Mill, where gold was found in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush. It runs from the Sierra Nevada mountains through Sacramento and flows into the Sacramento River on its way to San Francisco Bay.
American River Transportation Company The American River Transportation Company, or ARTCO, is a subsidiary of the Archer Daniels Midland company. ARTCO manages the transportation of ADM products along the Mississippi River, Ohio River, and Illinois River in the United States.
American Routes American Routes is a public radio program hosted by Nick Spitzer that explores connections between the many musical styles that have blossomed in the United States. It began in the late 1990s, and normally originates from studios in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.
American Royal The American Royal in Kansas City, Missouri is a livestock show, horse show and rodeo held each year in October and November at the Kemper Arena complex. The Future Farmers of America was founded during the Royal and Kansas City's professional baseball team the Kansas City Royals derive their name from the Royal.
American Royal Zephyr The American Royal Zephyr was a streamlined passenger train service operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad between Chicago and Kansas City. This CB&Q Zephyr was named for The American Royal, one of Kansas City’s premier fall events, one of the Midwest’s largest and oldest livestock exhibitions and professional rodeos, prestigious horse shows and is home of the National Championship Saddlebred horse competition.
American Russell Terrier Club The American Russell Terrier Club formerly named the English Jack Russell Terrier Club (No A on the end)founded by JoAnn Stoll] in [[1995 was the first registry in the US to maintain the Russell Terrier as a separate breed from the Parsons Jack Russell Terrier. The American Jack Russell Terrier Cub is affiliated with both the United Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club.
American shot "American shot" is a translation of a phrase from French film criticism, "plan Américain" and refers to a medium-long ("knee") film shot of a group of characters, who are arranged so that all are visible to the camera. The usual arrangement is for the actors to stand in an irregular line from one side of the screen to the other, with the actors at the end coming forward a little and standing more in profile than the others.
American sparrow American sparrows are a group of mainly New World passerine birds, forming part of the family Emberizidae. American sparrows are seed-eating birds with conical bills, Most are handsome but inconspicuous birds in shades of brown or gray, and many species have distinctive head patterns.
American studies American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It incorporates the study of economics, history, literature, art, the media, film, urban studies, women's studies, and culture of the United States, among other fields.
American sycamore The American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis), also known as American plane and Buttonwood, is one of the species of Platanus native to North America, where it is rather confusingly often just called Sycamore, which can refer to other types of tree.
American system of manufacturing The American system of manufacturing involves semi-skilled labor using machine tools and templates (or jigs) to make standardized, identical, interchangeable parts, manufactured to a tolerance. The system is also known as the armory practice because of the history of its development by the United States Department of War in the Springfield and Harper's Ferry armories (Hounshell 1984).
American Saddlebred The American Saddlebred, formerly known as the American Saddle Horse, is a breed of horse that was developed in Kentucky by plantation owners. Today, they are used almost exclusively for saddleseat riding in the show ring, although their uphill build has also begun to draw dressage enthusiasts to the breed.
American Sailboat Hall of Fame The American Sailboat Hall of Fame was established in 1994 by Sail America to recognize ingenuity in designs by American boat builders. The physical display is housed in The Museum of Yachting located in Fort Adams State Park, Newport RI and includes examples of many of the selected boats.
American Sammy The American Sammy Corporation or ´American Sammy´ is a subsidiary of the Sammy Corporation based in Japan. American Sammy Corporation was established in California, USA in 1988 and moved to Illinois, USA in 1991.
American Samoa Fono The Legislature of American Samoa or Fono is the territorial legislature of American Samoa. Like many state and territorial legislatures of the United States, it is a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives and a Senate.
American Samoa House of Representatives The American Samoa House of Representatives is the lower house of the American Samoa Fono. The House consists 21 representatives serving two-year terms, with 20 popular elected members, and one representative elected by a public meeting on Swain Island.
American Science and Surplus American Science and Surplus is a seller of surplus and educational goods, many of which are odd, amusing, and/or useful. AS&S is unique among surplus retailers in that the humor contained in their catalog is a significant enticement to buy items in the catalog to continue receiving it.
American Scouting overseas There have been American Scouts overseas since almost the inception of the movement, often for similar reasons as the present day. Within the Boy Scouts of America, these expatriate Scouts are now served by two overseas Councils and the Direct Service program.
American Servicemembers' Protection Act The American Servicemembers' Protection Act (ASPA) is a United States federal law introduced by US Senator Jesse Helms as an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act and passed in August 2002 by Congress. The stated purpose of the amendment was "to protect United States military personnel and other elected and appointed officials of the United States government against criminal prosecution by an international criminal court to which the United States is not party".
American Share Insurance American Share Insurance (ASI) is a privately held deposit guaranty corporation that insures shares (deposits) in some state chartered credit unions. ASI was established in 1974 as the National Guaranty Insurance Fund, changing its name to American Share Insurance in the early 1990s.
American Ship Building Company The American Ship Building Company was the dominant shipbuilder on the Great Lakes before the Second World War. It started as Cleveland Shipbuilding in Cleveland, Ohio in 1888 and opened the yard in Lorain, Ohio in 1898.
American Shorthair The American Shorthair is the most popular and most prevalent breed of American cat. The breed is believed to be descended from English cats (the forebears of today's British Shorthairs) brought to North America by early European settlers to protect valuable cargo from mice and rats.
American Scholastics Competition Network American Scholastics Competition Network (ASCN) is a high school quizbowl national championship tournament held annually in or near Chicago, Illinois. From 1987-2001, the tournament was held at Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois.
American School for the Deaf The American School for the Deaf (ASD) was the first institution for the education of the deaf in America. It was founded April 15, 1817 in West Hartford, Connecticut by Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc and became a state-supported school in 1819.
American School of Antananarivo The American School of Antananarivo (ASA) is an international school in Antananarivo, Madagascar, founded in 1969. It is an independent, coeducational school for pre-school to grade 12, and classes are taught in English following the curriculum of US public school.
American School of Classical Studies at Athens The American School of Classical Studies at Athens is a resource for American scholars studying in Greece. Founded in 1881 it provides facilities for advanced research in the Greek language, literature, art, history, archaeology and philosophy.
American School of Correspondence Founded in 1897, the American School of Correspondence is a nationally accredited distance education high school. A pioneer in the field of home study, the not-for-profit educational institution has over two million graduates and currently serves about 40,000 students.
American School of Kinshasa (TASOK) is an English-using international school in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It is an independent, coeducational day school which offers an educational program from kindergarten through grade 12 for students of all nationalities.
American School of Rio The American School of Rio is an English-medium international school located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the hills surrounding the city. It is private, independent, coeducational day school which offers an educational program from nursery through grade 12 for students of all nationalities.
American Schools of Oriental Research The American Schools of Oriental Research, (commonly abbreviated as ASOR) founded in 1900, supports and encourages the study of the peoples and cultures of the Near East, from the earliest times to the present. It is apolitical and has no religious affiliation.
American Sign Language American Sign Language (ASL; less commonly Ameslan) is the dominant sign language of the Deaf community in the United States, in the English-speaking parts of Canada, and in parts of Mexico. Although the United Kingdom and the United States share English as a spoken and written language, British Sign Language (BSL) is quite different from ASL, and not mutually intelligible.
American Simplex Billed as "a motor-car symphony", the American Simplex was an American automobile manufactured in Mishawaka, Indiana from 1906 to 1915; the company shortened its name to Amplex in 1910. Originally the company manufactured a four-cylinder 50hp two-stroke model; in 1911 a 30/50hp toy tonneau was introduced.
American Skiing Company The American Skiing Company is one of the largest operators of alpine ski, snowboard and golf resorts in the United States. Its resorts include Killington, Mount Snow, and Pico Mountain in Vermont; Sunday River and Sugarloaf/USA in Maine; Attitash in New Hampshire; Steamboat in Colorado; and The Canyons in Utah.
American Skin (41 Shots) "American Skin (41 Shots)" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen, inspired by the police shooting death of Amadou Diallo. It features a slow build-up, an intense main section themed around the status of immigrants in the United States, and then a long slow-down.
American Soccer Pyramid The American Soccer Pyramid is a term used in soccer to describe the structure of the league system in the United States. For practical and historical reasons, some teams from Canada and Puerto Rico also compete.
American Social Science Association In 1865, at Boston, Massachusetts, a society for the study of social questions was organized and given the name American Social Science Association. The group grew to where its membership totaled about 1,000 persons.
American Socialist Union The American Socialist Union was recognised in 1954 as the sympathising organisation in the United States of the International Secretariat of the Fourth International. Its best-known members were Bert Cochran, Harry Braverman and Paul N.
American Society for Clinical Oncology The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is a non-profit organization, founded in 1964, with overarching goals of improving cancer care and prevention and ensuring that all patients with cancer receive care of the highest quality. More than 20,000 oncology practitioners belong to ASCO, representing all oncology disciplines (medical, radiologic, and surgical oncology) and subspecialties.
American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies The American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) is an interdisciplinary group, established in 1969 dedicated to the advancement of scholarship in all aspects of the period from the later seventeenth through the early nineteenth century.
American Society for Enology and Viticulture The American Society for Enology and Viticulture, founded in 1950, is a non-profit, scientific organization dedicated to promoting the interests of enologists, viticulturists, and others in the fields of wine and grape research and production throughout the world. Its membership of 2,400 includes professionals from wineries, vineyards, academic institutions and organizations.
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, or ASGE, is a professional organization of physicians dedicated to improving endoscopy. The ASGE is made up largely of gastroenterologists from the United States.
American Society for Information Science and Technology The American Society for Information Science and Technology (also referred to as ASIST or ASIS&T) is an organization of information professionals. Established in 1937, the organization sponsors an annual conference and publishes proceedings from this conference under the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology series; provides administration and electronic communications support for interest-based organizational groups referred to as SIGs; provides administration for geographically defined chapter groups; publishes the Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (also known as JASIST); publishes a society bulletin; provides job availability oriented communications support; and provides organizational support for continuing education programs for information professionals.
American Society for Mass Spectrometry The American Society for Mass Spectrometry (ASMS) was formed in 1969 to promote and disseminate knowledge of mass spectrometry and allied topics. Membership includes over 5,500 scientists (mainly US, with many from other countries) involved in research and development.
American Society for Microbiology The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is a scientific organization, based in the United States although with over 43,000 members throughout the world. It is the largest single life science professional organization and its members include those whose interests encompass basic and applied aspects of viruses, bacteria, fungi, algae and protozoa as well as other aspects of microbiology.
American Society for Public Administration The American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) is a membership association in the United States sponsoring conferences and providing professional services primarily to those who study the implementation of government policy, public administration, and, to a lesser degree, programs of civil society. Its annual conference is an important meeting for those interested in bureaucracy and other public administration topics such as budgeting and budget theory, government strategic planning, personnel management, and related topics.
American Society for Quality American Society for Quality (ASQ), formerly known as American Society for Quality Control (ASQC), is a knowledge-based global community of quality control experts, with nearly 100,000 members dedicated to the promotion and advancement of quality tools, principles, and practices in their workplaces and in their communities.
American Society for Surgery of the Hand The American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)was founded in 1946 to facilitate the exchange of information related to problems of the hand. It is the oldest and largest medical specialty society in the United States devoted to the care of the hand.
American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP) is an organization of Catholic inspiration, and adheres to the traditional teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. Founded in 1973, it is one of many "Tradition, Family, Property" groups (TFPs) worldwide, all of which are inspired by the work of the Brazilian Catholic intellectual, Professor Plinio CorrĂŞa de Oliveira.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (usually referred to as the ASPCA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preventing the abuse of animals. It was founded by Henry Bergh on April 10, 1866.
American Society of Anesthesiologists The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is an association of physicians (primarily anesthesiologists) whose stated goal is to raise and maintain the standards of the medical practice of anesthesiology and improve the care of the patient.
American Society of Association Executives The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) is a non-profit professional organization for executive directors and executive vice presidents of professional societies both in the United States and abroad. As of 2007, it serves approximately 10,000 organizations that represent 287 million people.
American Society of Cinematographers The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) is not a labor union or guild, but rather an educational, cultural and professional organization. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to Directors of Photography and Special Effects experts with distinguished credits in the film industry.
American Society of Civil Engineers The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) is a professional body, founded in 1852, to represent members of the civil engineering profession worldwide. It is the oldest national engineering society in the United States.
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) is an organization known as a performance rights organisation that protects its members' musical copyright, ensuring that their copyrighted music which is broadcast, or otherwise publicly performed, whether live or recorded, is properly licensed by the music users via an ASCAP license to compensate the creators of that music. In the United States, ASCAP competes with two other performing rights organizations: Broadcast Music Incorporated (or BMI) and SESAC.
American Society of Criminology The American Society of Criminology is an international organization concerned with criminology, embracing scholarly, scientific, and professional knowledge concerning the etiology, prevention, control, and treatment of crime and delinquency. This includes the measurement and detection of crime, a review of legislation and the practice of law, as well as an examination of the law enforcement, judicial, and correctional systems.
American Society of Dental Surgeons The American Society of Dental Surgeons (ASDS) was the first national dental organization formed in the United States of America. The formation of the ASDS was preceded by the formation of the Society of Dental Surgeons of the City and State of New York when 15 dentists came together in New York City on Dec.
American Society of Echocardiography The American Society of Echocardiography (ASE) is a professional organization of physicians, cardiac sonographers, nurses and scientists involved in echocardiography, the use of ultrasound to image the heart and vascular system. The organization was founded in 1975 and has more than 11,000 members nationally and internationally.
American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE; pronounced 'ash'-'ray') is an international technical society for all individuals and organizations interested in heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R). The Society, organized into Regions, Chapters, and Student Branches, allows exchange of HVAC&R knowledge and experiences for the benefit of the field's practioners and the public.
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (ASIH) is an international organization devoted to the scientific studies of ichthyology (study of fish) and herpetology (study of reptiles and amphibians). The primary emphases of the Society are to increase knowledge about these organisms, to communicate that knowledge through publications, conferences, and other methods, and to encourage and support young scientists who will make future advances in these fields.
American Society of Journalists and Authors The American Society of Journalists and Authors was founded in 1948 and is the nation's leading organization of independent nonfiction writers. The membership consists of over 1,100 freelance writers of magazine articles, trade books, and other forms of nonfiction writing.
American Society of Landscape Architects The American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional association representing landscape architects, with more than 15,000 members and 48 chapters, representing all 50 American states, US territories, and 42 countries around the world. The group was founded on January 4, 1899 to "establish landscape architecture as a recognized profession in North America, "develop educational studies in landscape architecture," and "provide a voice of authority in the 'New Profession'"
American Society of Lymphology The American Society of Lymphology (ASL) is a nonprofit group based in Kansas City , Missouri which deals with disorders of the lymphatic system such as lymphedema. It organizes conferences and produces various publications.
American Society of Magazine Editors The American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME) is a industry trade group for editors of magazines published in the United States. The group advocates on behalf of member organizations with respect to First Amendment issues, and serves as a networking hub for editors and other industry employees.
American Society of Media Photographers The American Society of Media Photographers, abbreviated ASMP, is a society of professional photographers, including many photojournalists but also experts in architectural, underwater, culinary and advertising photography and other specialties. Its members are primarily those who photograph for publication (as contrasted to those who directly serve the consumer, such as wedding and portrait photographers).
American Society of Naturalists The American Society of Naturalists was founded in 1883 and is one of the oldest professional societies dedicated to the biological sciences in North America. The purpose of the Society is "to advance and diffuse knowledge of organic evolution and other broad biological principles so as to enhance the conceptual unification of the biological sciences.
American Society of Newspaper Editors The American Society of Newspaper Editors (ASNE) is a membership organization for daily newspaper editors, people who serve the editorial needs of daily newspapers (wire service editors, news executives at newspaper companies, people who work for journalism think tanks, etc.) and certain distinguished people who have worked on behalf of editors through the years.
American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries The American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries or ASPPA is the professional organization for American actuaries (Enrolled Actuary) that deal with pensions. The mission of the ASPPA is to educate all retirement plan professionals and to preserve and enhance the employer-based retirement system as an essential part of a national retirement income policy in the United States.
American Society of Pharmacognosy The American Society of Pharmacognosy (ASP) is a scientific society that promotes the growth and development of pharmacognosy through presentation of research achievements and publication of meritorious research.
American Society of Plastic Surgeons The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) is the largest plastic surgery specialty organization in the world. Founded in 1931, the society is composed of surgeons certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery or or by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada who perform cosmetic and reconstructive surgery.
American Society of Registered Nurses The American Society of Registered Nurses (ASRN) was founded in September, 2003 for the purpose of bringing together professional nurses interested in forming a nursing "society" which is defined as "A group of humans broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture".
American Society of Reproductive Medicine The American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) is an organization that wants to advance the "art, science, and practice of reproductive medicine" . It provides a forum for lay public, researchers, physicians and affiliated health workers through education, publications, and meetings.
American Society of Travel Agents ASTA, short for the American Society of Travel Agents, claims over 20,000 members in 140 countries. Its members include travel agents and companies who offer travel products, such as tours, cruises, hotels, car rentals, etc.
American Sociological Association The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905 as the the American Sociological Society (ASS), is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology by serving sociologists in their work and promoting their contributions to serve society.
American Sociological Review The American Sociological Review is the flagship journal of the American Sociological Association (ASA). The ASA founded this journal (often referred to simply as ASR) in 1936 with the mission to publish original works of interest to the sociology discipline in general, new theoretical developments, results of research that advance our understanding of fundamental social processes, and important methodological innovations.
American Southern Baptist Mission American Southern Baptist Mission is an American Southern Baptist missionary society that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty. The most famous of which was Lottie Moon.
American Southern Methodist Episcopal Mission American Southern Methodist Episcopal Mission was an American Methodist missionary society operated by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South that was involved in sending workers to countries such as China during the late Qing Dynasty.
American Southwest Conference The American Southwest Conference (ASC) is a College Athletic Conference, founded in 1996, whose member schools compete in the NCAA's Division III. The schools are located in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.
American Specialty Cars American Specialty Cars (commonly known as ASC) is a automobile supplier of highly engineered and designed roof systems, body systems and other specialty-vehicle systems for the world’s automakers. Headquartered in Southgate, Michigan, in the United States.
American Spectator (literary magazine) The American Spectator was a literary magazine which made its first monthly appearance in November 1932. It was edited by George Jean Nathan, though Eugene O'Neill, Ernest Boyd, Theodore Dreiser, and James Branch Cabell were also listed as joint editors.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is a professional association for speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and speech, language, and hearing scientists in the United States and internationally.
American Sport Art Museum and Archives The American Sport Art Museum and Archives (ASAMA), located on the campus of the United States Sports Academy, is dedicated to the preservation of sports history, art and literature. Founded in 1984, ASAMA has recognized the importance of the cultural connectivity of athletic competition and artistic expression since its inception.
American Staghound The American Staghound is a type of sighthound that is used in hunting to chase a variety of game. Although they have been bred for many years, the Staghound is not currently recognized as a dog breed, nor is there interest in doing so.
American Standard Version The Standard American Edition, Revised Version, more commonly known as the American Standard Version (ASV), is a version of the Bible that was released in 1901. It is also known by other names, such as the American Revised Version, the American Standard Revision, and the American Standard Revised Bible.
American Statistical Association The American Statistical Association (ASA) is a scientific and educational society in the United States with the stated mission to promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor.
American String Teachers Association The American String Teacher's Association with the National School Orchestra Association (or ASTA with NSOA) is a professional organization based in the United States for music teachers. It is the largest such national organization in the US for string teachers.
American Student Academy Award The Student Academy Awards are awards given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to filmmakers at the undergraduate and graduate levels, primarily in the United States. The awards were originally named the Student Film Awards and were first presented in 1973.
American Student Dental Association The American Student Dental Association (ASDA) is a national student-run organization that protects and advances the rights, interests, and welfare of students pursuing careers in dentistry. It introduces students to lifelong involvement in organized dentistry and provides services, information, education, representation and advocacy.

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