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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • abbreviation Public Broadcasting Service

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Biochem.) Phosphate-buffered saline, a normal saline solution containing a phosphate buffer.
  • noun Public Broadcasting System; a system of non-profit radio and television broadcasting stations.

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  • initialism US, biology Phosphate Buffered Saline.
  • initialism Malta Public Broadcasting Services.

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  • noun a solution containing a phosphate buffer

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  • It was not the regular PBS station WFYI but a supplemental PBS+ channel that had lots of instructional shows on cooking, crafts, etc.

    Best seller list April 1-Sep 30, 2008 | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2008

  • Rove mentor Lee Atwater profiled in PBS documentary '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' PBS\ 'Frontline chronicles tonight the rise to fame of the late political attack dog Lee Atwater - a close friend of Karl Rove and George W. Bush and a Machavellian figure who trafficked in the ugliest of modern political tactics.'

    OpEdNews - Quicklink: On FRONTLINE NoW!! Rove mentor Lee Atwater profiled in PBS documentary 2008

  • Watch PBS tonight on "NOW: The fix is in" for 2008 yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Watch PBS tonight on "NOW: The fix is in" for 2008'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: Catch Greg Palast on PBS\' top current affairs program.

    Watch PBS tonight on "NOW: The fix is in" for 2008 2007

  • View the entire show at www. pbs.org Watch this preview of "The Scientific Method" Exposé: America's Investigative Reports, on PBS.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • View the entire show at www. pbs.org Watch this preview of "The Scientific Method" Exposé: America's Investigative Reports, on PBS.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • (To learn more, visit pbs. org/frontline/creditcards to read about "The Card Game," a joint reporting project of The New York Times and the PBS program "Frontline.")

    courierpress.com Stories 2010

  • BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Money and Health Care Reform | PBS www. pbs.org Bill Moyers looks at the influence of money and lobbying on health care reform efforts in Washington, DC Bill Moyers Journal airs Friday nights at 9pm on PBS.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • BILL MOYERS JOURNAL | Money and Health Care Reform | PBS www. pbs.org Bill Moyers looks at the influence of money and lobbying on health care reform efforts in Washington, DC Bill Moyers Journal airs Friday nights at 9pm on PBS.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • Live streaming video of the hearings is also available online at newshour. pbs.org, and is provided in conjunction with NPR and PBS.

    Press Releases 2009

  • We have what we call a PBS coach in all of our PBS schools, and all transportation supervisors are PBS coaches.

    marconews.com Stories JOE LANDON 2010

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