n.surgical resection of unnecessary palatal and oropharyngeal tissue to open the airway; intended to cure extreme cases of snoring (with or without sleep apnea)
ABBREVIATION for
purchasing power parity: a rate of exchange between two currencies that gives them equal purchasing powers in their own economies 购买力平价; 在两个经济体有同等购买力的前提下两种货币间的汇率
Safdar Abbassi,a senator and long time PPP member who had close ties to Benazir Bhutto, told VOA that Mr.Zardari's recent actions to crack down on anti-government protests have provoked dissension within the party.
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And the PPP's record of coalition-making is better than that of PML-N, he says.