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Special Interest Group
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Special Interest Group - (SIG) One of several technical areas, sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery. Well-known SIGs include SIGPLAN (the Special Interest Group on Programming Languages), SIGARCH (the Special Interest Group for Computer Architecture) and SIGGRAPH (the Special Interest Group for Computer Graphics).


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And yet the position is so highly coveted that campaigns for it command millions of dollars in special-interest contributions.
EDITORIAL MONEY TALKS SPECIAL-INTEREST CASH FUELS LAUSD REFORM BATTLE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
2) Should political campaigns be financed exclusively with government money to remove special-interest influence?
EYES on the PRIZE by WARNER, RICK / New York Times Upfront
But a stealthy new form of special-interest politics is flying beneath the radar screen of hot-button issues such as affirmative-action quotas and "diversity.
Animal farm, circa 1994 by Hayward, Steven / Reason
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