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Drawing the line: the 1783 Treaty of Paris ended the war between Britain and the U.S. But it didn't end boundary disputes. For the next sixty years, the British and the Americans clashed over an imaginary line separating colony from country. Then Lord Ashburton met Daniel Webster, and most of what would become the world's longest undefended border fell into place.
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"Ashburton's capitulation" was how former foreign secretary Lord Palmerston described the treaty negotiated by Lord Ashburton, which in 1842 established the boundary between British North America and the United States along the eastern half of the continent. Surprisingly, many Americans were not happy with the treaty either. Perhaps this was only to be expected. After all, boundary disagreements had emerged almost as soon as the Treaty of Paris, which ended the American War of Independence, was signed in 1783--and subsequent attempts to settle the boundary foundered time ...
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NFL Football: San Francisco 49ers Playoff Results.
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; ...Date Game Result ---- ---- ------ 12-22-57 NFL Divisional Detroit 31, San Francisco 27 (at San Francisco) 12-27-70 NFC Divisional San Francisco 17, Minnesota 14 (at Minnesota) 1-3-70 NFC Championship Dallas 17, San Francisco...
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; ...Press International 04-08-2000 SAN FRANCISCO (6) AT ATLANTA (2) - EVENT...SAN FRANCISCO (6) AT ATLANTA (2) - EVENT...San Francisco Starting Lineups -- Calvin Murray...
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; ...Press International 04-08-2000 SAN FRANCISCO (5) AT ATLANTA (7) - EVENT...SAN FRANCISCO (5) AT ATLANTA (7) - EVENT...San Francisco Starting Lineups -- Marvin Benard...
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; ...Press International 04-20-2000 SAN FRANCISCO (1) AT CINCINNATI (11) - EVENT...SAN FRANCISCO (1) AT CINCINNATI (11) - EVENT...San Francisco Starting Lineups -- Calvin Murray...
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; ...Press International 04-22-2000 SAN FRANCISCO (8) AT ARIZONA (6) - EVENT...SAN FRANCISCO (8) AT ARIZONA (6) - EVENT...San Francisco Starting Lineups -- Calvin Murray...
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SAN FRANCISCO (8) AT FLORIDA (7) - EVENT LOG
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...Press International 04-26-2000 SAN FRANCISCO (8) AT FLORIDA (7) - EVENT...SAN FRANCISCO (8) AT FLORIDA (7) - EVENT...San Francisco Starting Lineups -- Marvin Benard...
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SAN FRANCISCO (6) AT FLORIDA (4) - EVENT LOG
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...Press International 04-26-2000 SAN FRANCISCO (6) AT FLORIDA (4) - EVENT...SAN FRANCISCO (6) AT FLORIDA (4) - EVENT...San Francisco Starting Lineups -- Marvin Benard...
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; ...Press International 04-23-2000 SAN FRANCISCO (12) AT ARIZONA (7) - EVENT...SAN FRANCISCO (12) AT ARIZONA (7) - EVENT...San Francisco Starting Lineups -- Marvin Benard...
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Baseball: NL Matchup -- San Francisco at San Diego.
News Wire article from: Sports Network
; ...Eastern) From The Sports Network San Francisco Giants (83-61) at San Diego...2002 Head-to-Head Record - San Francisco 10-3 (5-0 at SF; 5-3 at SD) 2001 Head-to-Head Record - San Francisco 14-5 (8-2 at SF; 6-3 at...
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San Francisco All Over?(impact of Employee Retirement Income Security Act on employers)
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; ...discussed below). The City of San Francisco (the "City") also adopted...law, officially titled the "San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance...also referred to as "Healthy San Francisco." An employer group challenged...
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