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  • initialism Boston University
  • initialism nautical broken up; referring to the scrapping of a decommissioned ship.

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Examples

  • Friday, 4/2, 7 pm - BU is screening Sergio, with director Greg Barker in attendance.

    /Film Boston - An Animal Shrink’s Opinion of Best In Show; Jennifer Kroot, Justin Edwards, Simon Rumley, and GEORGE KUCHAR at the Boston Underground Film Festival | /Film 2010

  • THE BAD NEWS: Corey Lowe is the third-leading scorer in BU history and, regardless of his moodiness and occasional discipline trouble, was productive.

    America East Conference 2010

  • Did you know: BU is the sixth different team in the last six seasons to win the conference tournament.

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • CIOs need to find a way to appear small and focused to each BU aka decentralized while generating the scale efficiencies associated with a centralized organization.

    All - WTN News 2010

  • Four tilts being played this weekend have been selected as "Skating Strides" events, namely BU/Vermont (Friday), BC/PC and Maine/UConn

    USCHO.com News 2010

  • Crosstown rival Northeastern's head coach, Greg Cronin, recently called BU "the best professional team playing college hockey."

    USCHO.com News 2009

  • Crosstown rival Northeastern's head coach, Greg Cronin, recently called BU "the best professional team playing college hockey."

    USCHO.com News 2009

  • Crosstown rival Northeastern's head coach, Greg Cronin, recently called BU "the best professional team playing college hockey."

    USCHO.com News 2009

  • Another common problem that seems to arise from the BU is the renaming of partitions.

    PCLinuxOS-Forums 2009

  • Within minutes after word of the surprise gift was posted on the Press & Sun-Bulletin's Web site, students began calling BU's financial aid office to ask about the money, DeFleur said.

    theithacajournal.com - 2009

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