April 2009 Puzzle Solution
The puzzle is just a list of acronyms, most of them quite common. If you begin expanding the obvious ones, you may notice that they are all 26 letters long. Here's the list:
AcronymExpansion
CSAConfederate States of America
MMOMassively Multiplayer Online
UNICEFUnited Nations Children's Fund
HIVHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
AD&DAdvanced Dungeons and Dragons
IDEIntegrated Drive Electronics
NIHNational Institutes of Health
RCMPRoyal Canadian Mounted Police
EEOEqual Employment Opportunity
If the spaces and punctuation are removed, each set of 26 letters now has exactly one position in common with the alphabet. These are highlighted below.

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

CONFEDERATESTATESOFAMERICA
MASSIVELYMULTIPLAYERONLINE
UNITEDNATIONSCHILDRENSFUND
HUMANIMMUNODEFICIENCYVIRUS
ADVANCEDDUNGEONSANDDRAGONS
INTEGRATEDDRIVEELECTRONICS
NATIONALINSTITUTESOFHEALTH
ROYALCANADIANMOUNTEDPOLICE
EQUALEMPLOYMENTOPPORTUNITY

Your answer is the string of bolded letters, ELEVATION.

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