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United States
United States officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and in area. It consists of 50 states and a federal district. The conterminous (excluding... Read more |
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United States. Department of State
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United States Department of State
United States Department of State executive department of the federal government responsible, under the President's direction, for the making and execution of American foreign policy. Current Organization and Duties The secretary of state, who heads the department, is aided by a deputy secretary... Read more |
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United States. Department of the Interior
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United States. Department of Commerce
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United States. Marine Corps
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United States. Air Force
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United States. Department of the Army
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Continental United States Intelligence
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United Stated Department of Defense
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State Sovereignty and States' Rights
...legislation's consonance with state constitution. A second issue...the Laws of the United States” included the common law among...that fine. In 1812, United States v. Hudson & Goodwin took...the common law of the state where ... |
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United States District Court, United States v.
United States District Court, United States v., 407 U.S. 297 (1972), argued 24 Feb. 1972, decided...not participating. In the early 1970s, the nation was in a state of civil unrest. Various groups were accused of bombing buildings... |
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State Sedition Laws
State Sedition Laws developed historically from the same apprehensions that divided the United States during and immediately following World War...support for the war effort or undermine the state or federal government. The first Supreme... |
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State, The
...the security of the American state centered on providing the United States with strategic space. By...enormous strategic space for the United States. The quarrel with Britain...year, actualized American state claims to ... |
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United States of America
United States of America. The high water marks of the impact of Irish immigrants on the United States were in the 40 years before the American...million, people have left Ireland for the United States since the foundation of ... |
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United States Literary Gazette
United States Literary Gazette (1824–26), Boston semi‐monthly periodical of...under the editorship of Charles Folsom and Bryant, appeared as the United States Review and Literary Gazette. |
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United States Magazine, The
United States Magazine, The (Jan.–Dec. 1779), Philadelphia monthly periodical...Psalm 137, and other witty and sometimes scurrilous works.Another United States Magazine (1854–58) was edited at New York by Seba Smith. |
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United States Magazine and Democratic Review
United States Magazine and Democratic Review (1837–49), monthly literary and...jingoistic phrase “manifest destiny.” The magazine merged with the United States Review (1846) and thereafter declined. |
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Gulf States
Gulf States Countries around the Persian (Arabian) Gulf...Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and the Bahrain islands. Since...blostered the political and economic importance of the states. |
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State governments
...population, but the state governments were...districts in the states and setting the terms...their election. Each state was guaranteed two...in 1913) by the state legislatures. The president of the United States was elected ... |
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United States of America
United States of America (USA) The world's fourth...Colorado, and New Mexico (the Mountain States), emerge the westward-running Snake...Thirteen Colonies from Britain, as the United States of America, in the DECLARATION... |
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United States, USS
United States, USS the U.S. frigate, commanded by Capt. Stephen Decatur, that defeated the HMS Macedonian in the battle off the coast of Africa on October 25, 1812. |
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Centennial State
Centennial State informal name for Colorado, which was admitted as a state in the centennial year (1876) of the existence of the United States. |
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state
...under one government: the state of Israel. ∎ an organized...federal republic: the German state of Bavaria. ∎ (the States) informal term for United States. 3. the civil government...services provided by the state | [in comb.] ... |
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States, The
States, The The United States of America. |
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States Department of Agriculture See USDA. |
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United States
United States for entries beginning “United States,” see U.S. |
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United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands, see Virgin Islands of the United States |
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States-General
States-General (or Estates-General) Usually...applied to the representative body of the United Provinces of the Netherlands in their struggle...was rarely convoked and the first proper States-General in France was in 1484 in the reign... |
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Trucial States
Trucial States, see United Arab Emirates |
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United States of America
United States of America • noun Sasha's tour of duty in Afghanistan made her appreciate everyday life in the United States of Americasynonyms: USA, U.S., US, America; informal the States, the U.S. of A., the US of A, Uncle Sam. |
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absurd
...the basis of one tourist's experience and foolish to turn down an opportunity to visit that country on those grounds alone, but it would be preposterous to suggest that everyone who comes to the United States will be robbed at gunpoint. |
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chronic
...liar. Some consider this use incorrect. The precise meaning of chronic is 'persisting for a long time,' and it is used chiefly of illnesses or other problems: more than one million people in the United States have chronic bronchitis. |
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constitution
constitution • noun 1. the Constitution of the United States | the society's constitutionsynonyms: body of law...organization. 3. people having a strong constitutionsynonyms: state of health, health, physique, physical condition, physical... |
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Native American
...American (lowercase n-) was fairly common, it had become ambiguous, since it often referred to any person born in the United States, whether of indigenous or of European descent. Here, in a mid-twentieth-century passage, it refers to place... |
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jurisdiction
...within which someone has a right to rule or decide (the matter was beyond his jurisdiction). The president of the United States has more power than any other American official, which means that he has the ability to exert force or control over... |
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line
...contour, outline, configuration, shape, figure, delineation, profile. 4. the line between Canada and the United States synonyms: boundary, boundary line, limit, border, borderline, demarcation line, dividing line, edge, margin... |
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president
president • noun 1. president of the United Statessynonyms: chief of state, head of state, chief executive, commander in chief. 2. president of the societysynonyms: head, chief, director, leader, captain. |
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emblem
...device that represents the character or history of a family, a nation, or an office (the eagle is an emblem of the United States). It is very close in meaning to attribute, which is an object that is conventionally associated with either an... |
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less
...re typically bedecked with signs cautioning, “15 items or less.” These signs are all but ubiquitous in the United States. But the occasional more literate supermarket owner uses a different sign: “15 or fewer items.”Finally... |
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STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON VICTORIA NULAND STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON...
...Transcript Service 02-09-2012 STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR NEWS BRIEFING, AS RELEASED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT FEBRUARY 9, 2012 SPEAKER: STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON VICTORIA...conveying our assurances that the United Statessupports a peaceful resolution... |
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STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON VICTORIA NULAND HOLDS STATE DEPARTMENT REGULAR...
...station for Under Secretary of State Ellen Tauscher. Ellen will...be Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International...s commitment to the two-state solution, made clear that...rapprochement. Both are allies of the United ... |
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STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON VICTORIA NULAND STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON...
...ofstation for Undersecretary of State Ellen Tauscher. Ellen will...be acting undersecretary of state forarms control and international...s commitment to the two-state solution, made clear thatthis...onrapprochement. Both are allies of the United ... |
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State fields Twitter questions.(United States Department of State)
...regularly protest outside the State Department and Tweeted...which asked why the United States hasn't done more to...She responded that the United States supports a peaceful resolution...million followers of State's numerous ... |
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State Will Not Put Classified Information On Computers Built By Chinese...
...security concerns. The State Department recently purchased...equipment in Mexico and the United States with circuits made in...committee panel that oversees State Department spending...is no secret that the United States is ... |
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STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK EMPIRE STATE COLLEGE GRADUATES MORE THAN 3,000...
...SPRINGS, N. Y., June 9 -- The State University of New York's Empire State College issued the following...administrator in Canada and the United Kingdom. Prior to his current...general for education at the United Nations Educational, Scientific... |
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STATE LEGISLATURE PASSES STATE SEN. FUSCHILLO BILL TO BAN DANGEROUS DROP-SIDE...
...the following news release: State Sen. Charles J. Fuschillo...announced that both the New York State Senate and Assembly have passed...recalled yesterday by the United States Consumer Products Safety Commission...prohibited in at least eight ... |
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State-to-state differences in social inequality and social bonds in relation...
...why those rates differ from state t6 state. The theoretical focus of the...carry out a study using the states of the United States as the societal units (Yllo...an index designed to measure state-to-state ... |
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State-specific trends in U.S. live births to women born outside the 50 states...
...births occurring in the 50 states and DC. These certificates...differed for women born in the 50 states and DC compared with those...characteristics and birth outcomes for state-- born Puerto Ricans differed...of all live births in the United ... |
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STATE WILL SUE TO BLOCK TRANSPLANT CHANGES WISCONSIN JOINS WITH OTHER...
...the new federal rules, the United Network for Organ Sharing agreed...organs will be siphoned to other states. ``We don't want to substitute...donated in Wisconsin and other states with successful procurement programs. The states will argue in their ... |
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