Pat

Harrison, Pat (Byron Patton Harrison), 1881-1941, U.S. Congressman, b. Crystal Springs, Miss. A lawyer, he served as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives (1911-19) and in the U.S. Senate from 1919 until his death. He became (1933) chairman of the Senate finance committee and was active in putting early New Deal legislation through Congress. Harrison was opposed to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's tax measures but supported his foreign policy.

Robertson, Pat (Marion Gordon Robertson), 1930-, American evangelist and politician, b. Lexington, Va. The son of U.S. Senator A. Willis Robertson, he is a graduate of Yale Law School and an ordained Southern Baptist minister. In 1960 he founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). As host of a television talk show (1968-86, 1988-) on CBN and its cable channel (later the Family Channel; sold in 1997) that blends evangelical Protestantism with conservative politics, he has attained a large and loyal following. Robertson campaigned unsuccessfully for the 1988 Republican presidential nomination. In 1989 he founded the Christian Coalition, a conservative Christian political group that has been influential in the Republican party; he served as its president until 2001. In 2005-6 he attracted attention with a number of highly controversial remarks, including calling for the assassination of President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela. Robertson is the author of a number of books, including an apocalyptic novel (1996).

Either of two herbaceous annuals (Corchorus capsularis and C. olitorius, in the linden family), or their fibre. The plants grow 10–12 ft (3–4 m) high and have long, serrated, tapered, light green leaves and small yellow flowers. Jute has been grown and processed in the Bengal area of India and Bangladesh since ancient times. Its biggest use is in burlap sacks and bags, which are used to ship and store many agricultural products. High-quality jute cloths are used as backing for tufted carpets and hooked rugs. Coarser jute fibres are made into twines, rough cordage, and doormats.

Learn more about jute with a free trial on Britannica.com.

PAT may refer to:

• Personal Automated Transport
• Port address translation, feature of a computer network devices
• Polish Telegraphic Agency PAT, the official news agency of Poland between 1918 and 1991
• Port Authority Transit, the light rail and bus system in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
• Port Arthur, Texas, the acronym is frequently used in songs by rap group UGK
• Performance acceleration technology an Intel memory performance technology
• Periodistas Asociados de Televisión is a Bolivian television channel
• Portable Appliance Test
• PAT A.I., in Artificial Intelligence
• Provincial Achievement Test, in Canada
• Point after touchdown, in American Football
• Picture Arrangement Test
• Poly(A) Test, in Genetic Analysis
• Polar Approval Test
• Process Analytical Technology
• Profit After Tax
• Program Association Table, Program Specific Information (PSI) metadata in a MPEG-2/DVB stream
• Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Airport, the IATA code for the airport in India
• Paddington Alcohol Test, a screen for alcohol related problems
• Photographic Activity Test, ISO 14523
• Page Allocation Table, an extension to the page table formats of x86 and x86-64 microprocessors
• Paroxysmal Atrial Tachycardia, a medical term for "sudden onset of fast heart beating"
• Patricroft railway station, England; National Rail station code PAT
• Powder-actuated tool
• Phenylaminotetralin - class of organic compounds, some of which have novel activity at histamine receptors