A series of abbreviations and acronyms meaning (in order): Public Relations; Wisconsin; Missouri; Independent Grocers Alliance; Sport Utility Vehicle; Indiana; and Michigan. Also, a mnemonic for the territories currently being administered by the United States Government as “insular areas” (Puerto Rico, Wake Island, Minor Outlying Islands, Guam, American Samoa, U.S. Virgin Islands, Northern Mariana Island).
Non-Essential Mnemonics
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In this space, writer Kent Woodyard shares all the mnemonics
you’ll never really need to remember.
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Pr, Wi, Mo, Iga, Suv, In, Mi.
BY Kent Woodyard
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