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DETR

British  

abbreviation

  1. Department of the Environment, Transport, and the Regions

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DETR’s acting director, Dennis Perea, says the program is meant to fix teeth when they become a barrier to getting a job.

From Washington Times

Cuando en 1980, Bill Richardson se postul� por primera vez para el congreso, un consejero le sugiri� que para la campa�a usara su nombre completo, Bill Richardson L�pez, ya que su madre era mexicana y en los pa�ses de habla hispana el apellido de la madre siempre va detr�s de el del padre.

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