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Radio Corp. of America

Aluminum Co. of America

Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey

H.J. Baker & Bro.

Jones Bros. & Co.

American Telephone & Telegraph Co.

Norton Enterprises, Inc.

Maryland Steamship Co., Ltd.

Chesapeake & Delaware Canal

Fairmount Building & Loan Association

Electronics Manufacturing Co.

Texas College of Arts & Industries

Robert Wilson & Associates, Inc.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Mine, Mill & Smelter Workers

 

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Little Theater Company

Senate Banking, Housing and

U.S. News & World Report Urban Affairs Committee

9.26.

Company and Corporation are not abbreviated in names of Federal Government units.

Commodity Credit Corporation

Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

9.27.

In parentheses, footnotes, sidenotes, tables, and leaderwork, abbreviate the words railroad and railway (RR. and Ry.), except in such names as "Washington Railway & Electric Co." and "Florida Railroad & Navigation Corp." SS for steamship, MS for motorship, etc., preceding name are used at all times.

9.28.

In the names of informal companionships the word and is spelled out.

Gilbert and Sullivan

Currier and Ives

9.29.

In other than formal usage, a civil, military, or naval title preceding a name is abbreviated if followed by first or given name or initial; but Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., M., MM., Messrs., Mile., Mme., and Dr. are abbreviated with or without first or given name or initial.

United States military titles and abbreviations

Officer rank

Officer ranks in the United States military consist of commissioned officers and warrant officers. The commissioned ranks are the highest in the military These officers hold presidential commissions and are confirmed at their ranks by the Senate. Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps officers are called company grade officers in the pay grades of O-l to O-3, field grade