FTA

FTA is short for failure to appear for a court date.

Excerpt: High Five by Janet Evanovich 1999

McCain's stance on the Colombia FTA is a disgrace. jarais

Obama in Springfield, Mo. - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

McCain's stance on the Colombia FTA is a disgrace. jarais

Obama in Springfield, Mo. - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

The important point about the FTA is the positive effect that will come from the dynamics of the adjustment process, as painful as some of this may be for some companies, some industries, some regions over the next few years.

Challenges We Have Met and Challenges Ahead 1990

Here we are showing the evolution of our FT% and what I call FTA RK: instead of graphing free throws attempted, I'm simply calculating the FTA/FGA relation, to account for the differences in pace.

Pounding The Rock 2009

FTA is a fascinating subject which definitely has religious implications (as the Big Bang theory does and did).

David Heddle's take on the Fine-Tuning Argument 2010

The FTA is important for Colombia in several respects, by providing:

Colombia-E.U. Trade Makes New Advance Oxford Analytica 2010

Likewise, the Colombian elite like to talk about how the FTA is going to make Colombia prosperous, when in reality the elite and multinationals will prosper while millions of small-scale farmers will lose their livelihoods.

In Colombia, McCain Sees Progress Against Drug Shipments - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

Going FTA is a definite no-no in the criminal justice system, but that doesn't usually stop people from doing it.

Excerpt: High Five by Janet Evanovich 1999

But I'm convinced that by the end of the decade, when the FTA is fully phased in, it won't be much of an issue at all.

Challenges We Have Met and Challenges Ahead 1990