FAS
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Origin of F.A.S.
First recorded in 1875–80
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In April, Forst asked Gruenbaum to step down from his post at FAS, the people said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
"But if they don't, then FAS doesn't get diagnosed right away and the child may not get the support that they need until later in life."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 13, 2023
Hans Kristensen, director of the FAS Nuclear Information Project, told me the DF-27 can probably hold either nuclear or conventional warheads, and therefore can be seen as both a strategic and a tactical weapon.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
The FAS determined in August 2020 that Apple had abused its dominant position, then issued a directive requiring Apple to remove provisions giving it the right to reject third-party apps from its App Store.
From Reuters ● Feb. 27, 2023
“Haven’t they ever heard of separation anxiety? What is the matter with these people? I have taken care of toddlers with FAS, and they are nothing like Boo.”
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
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F.R.S. and F.A.S., sometime Librarian to the late Archbishop of Canterbury, and Keeper of the MSS. at Lambeth.
From Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
Charm on a ring, olim penes W. Hamper, F.A.S.
From Notes and Queries, Number 59, December 14, 1850 by Various
Label: crystals of quartz, discovered in a goblin’s gizzard by Vandyke Emson, Esquire, F.A.S.,
From Diamond Dyke The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure by Boucher, W.
F.A.S., and a Professor of Mathematics in the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, died on the 6th of January at Shooter's Hill, Kent, in the fifty-seventh year of his age.
From The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851 by Various
F.A.S.; sometime Librarian to the late Archbishop of Canterbury, and Keeper of the MSS at Lambeth.
From Notes and Queries, Number 01, November 3, 1849 by Various
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