What does DA stand for?

Devil's Advocate

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Final devil's advocate thought, before we commit ourselves entirely: are you hand-on-heart happy with the idea of the best news channel in the world being seen appealing for student journalists to play a crucial part in an allimportant election results service?

Sky in plot to hire students on the cheap; Londoner's Diary

His films include Ray, An Officer And A Gentleman, Dolores Claiborne, Proof of Life and The Devil's Advocate.

Helen Mirren's hubby Taylor Hackford elected Directors Guild of ...

Night after night, Barry pushes them to breaking point, as he plays analyst, confessor and devil's advocate.

Shock jock Barry's tough talk; TheatrePreview

The executive producer of blockbuster movies such as The Fugitive, Seven and Devil's Advocate, Stephen Brown, visited Bahrain to conclude a business tie-up.

Top producer signs partnership accord

While the bona fides of Central Council to ensure compliance with Rule 11 is not in doubt, the devil's advocate role of the Claimants cannot but have assisted in the multilateral effort that produced the finely-crafted document we have examined in the context of this arbitration.

GROUP ARE BEATEN BUT UNBOWED

LORD Winston should not play Devil's advocate against rightly principledChurch folk who oppose animal/human medical experiments.

Devil's work

Playing devil's advocate for a moment, there was not a great deal of early in this race and he will not always get away with such a clear error at trap-rise.

Jamie is just too short despite his flying runs; GREYHOUND RATINGS

By acting as a devil's advocate in describing a worst case scenario which no local would wish to see, I suggest this grim possibility might be reduced were the mines to be filled in the interim with rigorously regulated innocuous waste such as is being proposed.

Fill it up before it goes nuclear