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Answers:

1. The NAACP is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.

2. LSmft was spelled out as "Lucky Strike means fine tobacco."

3. REO were the initials of the famed auto executive Ransom Eli Olds, who founded the two autos labeled as the Oldsmobile and the REO.

4. NOW is the National Organization for Women.

5. The NRA is the National Rifle Association of America.

6. PTA stands for the National Congress of Parents and Teachers.

7. WAC is the abbreviation for Women's Army Corps.

8. NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

9. OTB spells out as off-track betting, meaning placing bets on an event when you're not at the place where the event is going on.

10. These were the organizations responsible for coordinating government intelligence activities. The OSS, spelled out as the Office of Strategic Services, was followed by the CIA, the Central Intelligence Agency.

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Posted Comments:

08-23-2008 10:38
Boolphrog wrote:

PTA

According to their website - PTA stands for National Parent Teacher Association - it originally was the National Congress of Mothers



08-23-2008 09:37
David wrote:



PTA officially stands for Parent-Teachers Association.



08-23-2008 09:11
Howard wrote:

PTA

The PTA started out as the parents & teachers association. Then it became PTO




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