S.P.R.
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Example Sentences
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I found the memo, on Shelton Hospital letterhead, last December, along with some letters from Barker, in a brown envelope in the S.P.R. archive, which is kept in the Cambridge University Library.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
“I am not ‘sold’ on E.S.P., but I have always maintained that a purely physical view is far too restricted,” he wrote, in a letter to Guy Lambert, a former president of the S.P.R.
From The New Yorker • Feb. 25, 2019
“There are credible arguments that the optimal size of the S.P.R. should be smaller than it is,” Mr. Bordoff said.
From New York Times • May 23, 2017
“It didn’t appear to me that the president believes using S.P.R. would have any meaningful effect on gas prices,” Mr. Boehner said.
From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2012
So ends the story, with apologies to the S.P.R.!
From Seen and Unseen by Bates, E. Katharine
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