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football
football any of a number of games in which two opposing teams attempt to score points by moving an inflated oval or round ball past a goal line or into a goal. Differing greatly in their rules, these include soccer (association football) and rugby , in addition to the games covered in this artic... Read more

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America First
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...in August renamed itself the America First Committee (AFC). The AFC was the primary “isolationist” organization...Chaired by Sears Roebuck executive Robert E. Wood, the AFC included such diverse members as journalist John T. Flynn...
John Elway
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...he shattered the Broncos single-season record for attempts (605), completions (327), passing yards (3,891), and more. In 1986, Elway led the Broncos to their first American Football Conference (AFC) Championship in almost ten y
assimilation
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Earth ...composition of a magma that is highly depleted in the same element. Other phenomena related to assimilation are contamination, magma mixing, and the AFC process (simultaneous a ssimilation and f ractional c rystallization). J. C. Schumacher
automatic tuning control
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...available; in television receivers extra circuits may be used to develop it. In an FM receiver, automatic frequency control (AFC) may make it difficult to receive a weak signal located near in frequency to a strong one. In tuning circuits that use frequency...
Niger
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...established a transitional government. In 1993 multi-party elections, Mahamane Ousmane of the Alliance of Forces for Change (AFC) coalition became president. The collapse of the coalition led to fresh elections in 1995, which were won by the National...

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AFC
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English AFC • abbr. ∎  American Football Conference. ∎  automatic frequency control, a system in radios and television that keeps them tuned to an incoming signal.
America First Committee
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...FIRST COMMITTEE AMERICA FIRST COMMITTEE (AFC). Founded in 1940 to fight against U.S. participation in World War II, the AFC initially enjoyed the backing of Henry Ford...isolationist feeling. After Charles Lindbergh, an AFC leader, made what was widely considered...
Fur Companies
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company and its subsidiaries were the most successful large-scale American venture. The AFC expanded its trading operations from the Columbia River to the Missouri River. When the government factory system ended in 1822...
assimilation-fractional crystallization
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences assimilation-fractional crystallization (AFC) An important process in igneous petrology whereby melts with widely differing isotopic and trace elements can be produced. When...

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AFC to Showcase Latest Solutions in Broadband Access at SUPERCOMM 2004 in Chicago.
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AFC-NFC PRO BOWL -
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AFC Completes Acquisition of Marconi's North American Access Group.
PR Newswire; 2/23/2004; 700+ words ; ...California, February 23 /PRNewswire/ -- AFC(R) (Nasdaq: AFCI), The Acronym for...MONI). A wholly owned subsidiary of AFC acquired the assets of Marconi's U.S...access group supports key elements of AFC's business strategy to expand its optical...
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AFC Controls 50,000 Subsidized Housing Units; Firm Specializes in Taking On Drug-Infested, Deteriorating Apartment Buildings
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 8/17/1989; ; 694 words ; ...About 10 percent of the partnerships that AFC has sponsored to operate housing projects...original sellers, according to a 1988 AFC filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. A. Bruce Rozet, AFC's chairman, has served on panels that...
AFC Recognizes 4,000th Unit Opening; 451 New Units Opened and 1,006 New Commitments Signed in 2002.
PR Newswire; 2/24/2003; 700+ words ; AFC Enterprises, Inc. recently celebrated the opening of its 4,000th unit...late December, which rounded off a record year of new unit openings for AFC. During 2002, AFC Enterprises, the franchisor and operator of Church's Chicken(TM...
AFC CONTINUES ITS DOMINANCE\ WILLIAMS LEADS BALANCED EFFORT.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH); 2/3/2003; 700+ words ; ...special teams to earn the MVP award in the AFC's 45-20 victory over the NFC on Sunday...was the biggest contributor to a balanced AFC effort featuring 100-yard passing games...and starting quarterback Rich Gannon, the AFC cruised to its sixth victory in the last...
AFC's AdvancedVoice(SM) Solution Enables Seamless Migration to Voice-Over-Packet Services; AccessMAX(TM) Completes Interoperability Testing With Nortel Networks' Succession Communication Server 2000 Softswitch.
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AFC Finalizes Agreement With Verizon to Supply Fiber-to-the-Premises Access Equipment.
PR Newswire; 2/4/2004; 700+ words ; AFC(R) today announced it has signed a definitive...agreement -- which extends through 2008 -- AFC's FiberDirect solution will provide Verizon...active" elements, of FTTP technology. AFC's FiberDirect facilitates the rapid build...