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American Rust (TV series)
American Rust is a crime drama adapted from Philipp Meyer's 2009 novel, created by Dan Futterman, starring Jeff Daniels as police chief Del Harris in the fictional Pennsylvania Rust Belt town of Buell. Season 1 aired on Showtime in 2021; the revived season 2, Broken Justice, streamed on Prime Video in 2024.
American Saddlebred
The American Saddlebred, also called the Kentucky saddler, is an American horse breed nicknamed the "Horse America Made," first organized as a breed in 1891 and known for its animated gaits and saddle seat showing.
American Samoa
American Samoa: unincorporated, unorganized U.S. territory in the South Pacific, capital Pago Pago; ceded 1900 and 1904, ratified 1929; only U.S. territory whose people are U.S. nationals, not citizens at birth.
American Samoa Fono
The American Samoa Fono is the bicameral legislature of American Samoa, an unincorporated U.S. territory in the South Pacific, consisting of a House of Representatives and a Senate.
American Samoa national football team
The American Samoa national football team represents American Samoa in international football and is known for its record 31-0 loss to Australia in 2001 and first win in 2011.
American Satan
American Satan is a 2017 musical thriller directed by Ash Avildsen about the band The Relentless, whose Faustian pact with the Devil brings stardom; also An American Satan, a 2019 Church of Satan documentary.
American Scene painting
American Scene painting is an umbrella term for the naturalistic painting of American life that flourished in the 1920s through the 1940s, embracing rural Regionalism and urban Social Realism.
American Securities
American Securities LLC is a New York-based private equity firm investing in North American middle-market companies, founded as a family office in 1947 and managing over $23 billion.
American Service-Members' Protection Act
American Service-Members' Protection Act (ASPA), also called the Hague Invasion Act, a 2002 U.S. federal law (Title II of Pub. L. 107-206) limiting cooperation with the International Criminal Court, barring transfer of U.S. persons to it, and authorizing force to free detained U.S. or allied personnel.
American Shorthair
American Shorthair: pedigreed natural breed of working cat from US settler-era rodent hunters; CFA-recognized since 1906, medium-to-large, over 100 colors, distinct from random-bred Domestic Shorthair.
American Sign Language
American Sign Language (ASL) is a complete natural sign language of many deaf North Americans, distinct from English and from British Sign Language. It arose over 200 years ago from French Sign Language and local sign languages at the 1817 American School for the Deaf.
American Sign Language literature
American Sign Language literature: poetry, storytelling, drama, and folklore composed in ASL, also called Deaf literature; preserved on film since Veditz's 1913 campaign, canonized by Peters and Bauman, and published in signed form by the Deaf Studies Digital Journal.
American Silver Eagle
American Silver Eagle, the official one-ounce silver bullion dollar of the United States Mint, first struck October 29, 1986 under the Liberty Coin Act; 99.9% silver, Weinman Walking Liberty obverse, bullion, proof, and burnished finishes.
American Silver Eagle mintage figures
American Silver Eagle mintage figures record year-by-year production and sales of the United States Mint's one-ounce silver bullion coin since 1986, from a 1996 low to a record 47 million coins in 2015.
American Skin (film)
American Skin is a 2019 American drama written, directed by, and starring Nate Parker, premiered at Venice (Sconfini) on September 1, 2019, presented by Spike Lee, released on VOD January 15, 2021, about a Marine veteran whose son is killed by police.
American Sniper
American Sniper is a 2014 American biographical war drama directed by Clint Eastwood, with Bradley Cooper as Chris Kyle, the Navy SEAL credited with 160 confirmed kills.
American Sniper (book)
American Sniper (2012) is Chris Kyle's Navy SEAL memoir, written with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice, a #1 New York Times bestseller about his record sniper kills in Iraq, later adapted into Clint Eastwood's Oscar-nominated film.
American Society for Clinical Pathology
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP), founded 1922 as American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Chicago-based professional association of about 100,000 pathologists and laboratory professionals; runs the ASCP Board of Certification (625,000+ credentialed) and education, advocacy, and test utilization programs.
American Society for Engineering Education
The American Society for Engineering Education, or ASEE, is a nonprofit organization founded in 1893 to further engineering and engineering technology education in the United States.
American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) is a professional medical society of over 17,000 gastroenterologists, surgeons, and GI professionals. Founded in 1941, it publishes endoscopy guidelines and owns the journals GIE, VideoGIE, and iGIE.
American Society for Nondestructive Testing
The American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), founded in 1941 as the American Industrial Radium and X-Ray Society, is a Columbus, Ohio society that sets standards and certifies nondestructive testing personnel.
American Society for Quality
The American Society for Quality (ASQ), formerly the American Society for Quality Control, is a professional association established in 1946 and headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
American Society for Reproductive Medicine
American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), formerly American Society for the Study of Sterility and American Fertility Society, is a US professional society founded 1944 in Chicago; it publishes Fertility and Sterility, sets IVF practice standards, and advocates for fertility care.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals), founded by Henry Bergh in New York City on April 10, 1866, is the first North American animal welfare organization; a 501(c)(3) nonprofit unaffiliated with local SPCAs, with 2025 income of $447 million.
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery
American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS), founded 1974 by Kenneth J. Hoffer as the American Intra-Ocular Implant Society; international educational society for anterior segment surgeons, publisher of JCRS with ESCRS, advocate via eyePAC; not the colorectal ASCRS.
American Society of Cinematographers
American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), Hollywood professional society founded 1919 by 15 cinematographers; invitation-only membership, ASC screen credential, American Cinematographer magazine, MITC, and annual ASC Awards.
American Society of Civil Engineers
The American Society of Civil Engineers, founded in 1852, is the oldest national civil engineering society in the United States, representing more than 160,000 members in 177 countries.
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) is the oldest US performing rights organization, founded 1914 in New York; nonprofit, member-owned, 1.1M+ members, $1.945B 2025 revenue, operating under a 1941 consent decree.
American Society of Criminology
The American Society of Criminology (ASC) is an international organization of students, scholars, and practitioners in criminology and criminal justice, founded in Berkeley, California in 1941.
American Society of Echocardiography
American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), founded 1975 by Harvey Feigenbaum, Durham NC-based professional society for cardiovascular ultrasound; ~18,000 members, publishes JASE and CASE, sets echo guidelines, ImageGuideEcho registry.