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American Association of Public Health Physicians
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIANS The American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) was founded in 1954 as an organization of physician-directors of state and local health departments. Its initial purpose was to serve as the voice of these physicians and bring their... Read more |
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American Federation of Labor
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR (AFL) The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was originally founded in 1881 as the Federation of Organized Trade and Labor Unions. Trade union leaders representing some fifty thousand members in the United States and Canada formed the group in Pittsburgh,... Read more |
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The State
State, The. The American concepts of state and state power have since colonial times been shaped by national security interests and by experience in the management and use of the American military. Insofar as a sovereign state holds a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence, state power must be... Read more |
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lyceum
lyceum , 19th-century American association for popular instruction of adults by lectures, concerts, and other methods. Lyceum groups were concerned with the dissemination of information on the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs. The National American Lyceum (1831) developed from the... Read more |
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Latinos
Latinos ETHNONYMS: Central Americans, Chicanos (alternative for Mexican Americans), Cuban Americans, Dominicans, El Salvadorians, Guatemalans, Hispanics, Marielitos, Mexican Americans, Nicaraguans, Puerto Ricans Orientation Identification. Latinos in the United States are a diverse... Read more |
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German-American Bund
German-American Bund. Formally organized in March 1936 by a German-born engineer, Fritz Julius Kuhn, this was one of several US groups promoting closer cultural and political ties between German Americans and their homeland. Although the Bund drew many of its members from organizations that... Read more |
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Native American Church
Native American Church Native American religious group whose beliefs blend fundamentalist Christian elements with pan-Native American moral principles. The movement began among the Kiowa about 1890 and, led by John Wilson (Big Moon), soon spread to other tribes. The sacramental food of the group... Read more |
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American ginseng
Ginseng, American Description American ginseng, scientific name Panax quinquefolius, is a close relative of Korean ginseng (Panax ginseng ), and belongs to the Araliaceae family, which is the same as Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus ). It is a perennial herb, distinguished by its... Read more |
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Americanism
Americanism BIBLIOGRAPHY Americanism is an ideology that holds that the cultural and political values of the United States are the most ideal and desirable of any in the world. It is closely linked with American exceptionalism, a phrase coined by Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-1859) in 1831.... Read more |
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American Media Inc
American Media, Inc. 1000 American Media WayBoca Raton, Florida 33431-1000U.S.A.Telephone: (561) 997-7733Fax: (561) 272-8411Web site: http://www.americanmediainc.com Private CompanyIncorporated: 1991 as Enquirer/Star Group, Inc.Employees: 2,181Sales: $560 million (2006 est.)NAIC: 511120... Read more |
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