Economist Style Guide (Economist Desk Reference Set)
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Published: April 11, 1991
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780091746162
First sentence: ABBREVIATIONS. Unless an abbreviation or acronym is so familiar that it is used more often than the full form (eg, BBC, CIA, DNA, EU, FBI, GATT, IMF, NATO, OECD), write the words in full on first appearance: thus Trades Union Congress (not TUC).