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United States. Department of State
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Princely States
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States of the Church
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states rights
states' rights in U.S. history, doctrine based on the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution, which states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." The term embraces both the... Read more |
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Ambassadors
AMBASSADORS AMBASSADORS are the highest-ranking diplomats sent abroad to represent their country's interests. In the United States, the president appoints ambassadors to act as his representatives in other nations. Normally stationed in an embassy in the host nation's capital, an ambassador is... Read more |
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Ira Sprague Bowen
BOWEN, IRA SPRAGUE(b. Seneca Falls, New York, 21 December 1898; d. Hollywood, California, 6 February 1973)astronomy, physics.Bowen was the son of James H. Bowen, Wesleyan Methodist minister, who could trace his ancestry to Welsh settlers who had emigrated lo Massachusetts in 1643, and of Philinda... Read more |
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Gainesville
Gainesville 1 City (1990 pop. 84,770), seat of Alachua co., N central Fla.; inc. 1869. The Univ. of Florida is a major source of employment in the city. Agriculture and the manufacture of electronic equipment add to the economy. Points of interest, in addition to the huge campus of the... Read more |
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Solon
Solon , c.639-c.559 BC, Athenian statesman, lawgiver, and reformer. He was also a poet, and some of his patriotic verse in the Ionic dialect is extant. At some time (perhaps c.600 BC) he led the Athenians in the recapture of Salamis from the Megarians. He was elected chief archon in 594 at a time... Read more |
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cork oak
cork oak name for an evergreen species of the oak genus ( Quercus ) of the family Fagaceae ( beech family). The cork oak ( Q. suber ) is native to the Mediterranean region, where most of the world's commercial supply of cork is obtained. It is cultivated elsewhere as an ornamental and has been... Read more |
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