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Iowa is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States of America ... four years because it holds the first presidential caucuses, gatherings of ...

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Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States ... English speaking settlement in the United States west of the Rocky ...

two-thirds approval of the Senate, the United States annexed the Republic ... James Polk over Henry Clay in the 1844 presidential election had caught the ...

to the laissez-faire policies of the United Kingdom, which Chirac famously ... when he applied for his first visa to the United States. In 1953, after graduating ...

In June 2005, presidential elections were held for the first time ... of arms in the weeks leading up to the election and reports of some "disturbances ...

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New Jersey is one of the Mid-Atlantic states located in the Northeastern ... was the eleventh-most populous of the 50 states, and is the most densely ...

War and the eighteenth President of the United States. Grant has been described ... urged to run for president in the 1864 election. But Grant turned aside ...

Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006 ... the world. In 2009, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President ...

for five and a half years. He served as a United States Senator from Arizona ... graduates and both became four-star United States Navy admirals.Dan ...

Alabama is a state located in the southern region of the United States ... Like other states in the South, Alabama is burdened by the legacy ...

In 2008, Angelou's family history was profiled on the PBS series ... age 17 to 19. As feminist Mary Jane Lupton states, this book "depicts ...

politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the ... Major's leadership, lost the general election to Tony Blair's Labour ...

part of the Southern region of the United States of America. It is ... American Revolution, helping to form the United States of America. ...

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American aviator, engineer, astronaut, and United States Senator from Ohio ... pilots selected in 1959 by NASA as the United States' first astronauts ...

support and unofficial cooperation of the United States government. Liberia’s ... occurred during World War II, when the United States began providing technical ...

is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky ... and streams in the continental 48 states. Kentucky features the two ...

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The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal ... quot; seats are apportioned among the states by population. The 100 Senators ...

Mississippi is a state located in the Deep South of the United States ... War, Mississippi became one of the poorest states. Lacking opportunity at home ...

longest-continuously-serving senator in United States history. Kennedy was ... Senate following a November 1962 special election in Massachusetts to fill ...

Europe populated by Slavic people or the states that occupied the area. The ... land. According to a 1994 estimate by the United Nations Food and Agricultural ...

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of Vespucci and de Ojeda's crew, states in his work Summa de Geografía ... to remain in office. Chávez won the presidential elections on December ...

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at 481 Eighth Avenue in New York City, United States. The 43-story Art ... was the largest private power plant in the United States. The hotel's ...

served four terms as president. In the presidential election of 2000, opposition ... president Abdoulaye Wade lost the presidential election and Macky Sall ...

black Ford Motor Company dealer in the United States, and made an unsuccessful ... about people."David Haugh, "Presidential honor has Mr. Cub singing ...

leader. He retired as a general from the United States Army, where he served ... in August 1974. He also served as the United States Secretary of State ...

4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801–1809), principal ... , having placed second in the presidential race against John Adams. ...

of Nations mandates, administered by the United Kingdom and France. After ... later. The opposition claimed that the election was fraudulent. The developments ...

1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981) and ... a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy in 1946 ...

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by Hall. Hall ran for governor in the election of 1890, but lost. Porter ... Attempts were made to secure a presidential pardon for Porter during ...

North Korea, Russia, China, Japan, and the United States. The Cold War became ... is comparable to a combination of the United States Central Intelligence ...

1.7 million took refuge in neighboring states, and several million more ... The opposition coalition did not accept the National Election Commission ...

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of allegiance from the Soviet Union to the United States and the disastrous ... The United Nations was involved on the ground in Somalia from 1992 ...

several significant political parties. The United States is in practice a two ... they serve as a vehicle for corporations, states, government agency, social ...

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Congo-Brazzaville or the Congo, is a presidential republic. It is a former ... affinities and rivalries among those states. Several Bantu kingdoms—notably ...

The United States Senate is the smaller body, of the United States ... Washington, D.C. The vice president of the United States serves as presiding ...

democracy since 1991, the 1996 and 2002 presidential elections—as well as ... Paris. Between 1926 and 1959 the area was united as the colony of Spanish ...

impose martial law. Promising to deliver election within 90 days, he failed ... several of his top generals and the then United States Ambassador to Pakistan ...

were made cabinet members, and in the presidential elections of 1999 the ... In the presidential election held April 8, 2005, Ismail Omar Guelleh ...

past and present organizations in the United States that have advocated ... fully flexed its political clout with presidential hopeful William G. McAdoo ...

The State of Georgia is a state in the United States and was one of ... the second-largest freshwater swamp in the United States. The swamp is home ...

Colorado is a state located in the Rocky Mountain region of the United ... Colorado is one of only four states in the United States to share ...

in that position until his appointment as United States Secretary of the Treasury ... Vencill, Biographical Dictionary of the United States Secretaries of the ...

Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1986 until his ... of the Administrative Conference of the United States, a small independent ...

Texas is a state located in the south-central United States. Austin ... largest city and the fourth-largest city in the United States. ...

William Frank Buckley Jr. (November 24, 1925 – February 28, 2008 ... pave the way for the unsuccessful Presidential bid of Barry Goldwater ...

Nevada is a state located in the western region of the United States ... 86 percent of its land is owned by the United States federal government ...

Nebraska is a state located on the Great Plains of the United States ... National Wildlife Federation. March 24, 2008. Global Warming and Nebraska ...

Nauru and Kiribati, east of the Federated States of Micronesia and south of ... Atoll, where many residents work on the United States military base on nearby ...

The Peace Corps is an independent United States federal agency. The ... countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service ...

the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States. It was one of the ... most heavily visited national park in the United States. ...

The State of Florida is located in the southeastern region of the ... Florida is the fourth most populated state in the United States, following ...

is still standing trial as of August 2008). "We need to do this ... Assembly cannot agree to vote for one presidential candidate, a People's ...

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States ... Missouri also marks a transition between the eastern and western United ...

of Namibia, in accordance with a United Nations peace plan for the ... in the National Assembly in the 2004 election. President Hifikepunye Pohamba ...

Neoconservatism is a political philosophy that emerged in the United ... National Review, 2003-05-20, accessdate 2008-03-30 Michael Kinsley ...

corporation by revenue, according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500.Staff Writer ... when ventures there were unsuccessful. By 2008, Wal-Mart was operating 7 ...

have faced allegations of corruption and election-rigging. ... Muslim immigrants set up territorial states ruled by rajas or sultans ...

Defense Ministry's delegation in the United States in the early 1950s ... With the election of Peres for president, Sonya Peres, who had not ...

of Honor. Upon his arrival back in the United States a fleet of warships ... government. This occurred prior to the United States getting involved in ...

followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada. Murrow ... Mangesh Hattikudur, [http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/01/28/famous ...

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of Lima's colonial past, the Presidential Palace, the metropolitan ... South American nation to align with the United States and its allies against ...

of the island (into Greek and Turkish states) and between the islands ... violence between the two communities, with United Nations peace-keepers present ...

the next two years the Communist Polish United Workers' Party (PZPR ... This vicious cycle was finally interrupted by the 1978 election of ...

strides on the road to democracy; in April 2008, an opposition candidate won ... dominated Congress. With support from the United States, the Organization ...

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Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. While the U.S. Census ... the national average, ranking ahead of states such as Florida, California ...

1783, and later the first president of the United States, an office to which ... Convention that drafted the current United States Constitution and, ...

Washington is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United ... Washington, the first President of the United States. It is the only U ...

view of what constitutes hate speech. The United Nations developed a policy ... Cultural studies scholar Frances Lee states that call-out culture ...

such as Hungary and Thailand and the later United States of America, Canada ... been established. Germany, after being united under Prussia also sought ...

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following a popular revolt. The United States, under President Ronald ... gained its independence as a part of the United Provinces of Central America ...

is disputed. Kim's official biography states he was born in a secret military ... not required to stand for popular election to his key offices, he was ...

After a two-year civil war, in 1863, the United States of Colombia was created ... led to the assassination of the Liberal presidential candidate on April 9, ...

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The State of New Mexico is in the southwestern region of the United ... Among U.S. states, New Mexico has simultaneously the highest percentage ...

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for a second and third seven-year presidential term. For much of this ... Presidential elections were held on November 25, 1992, after the High ...

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the New England region of the Northeastern United States. Most of its population ... is farther east in the Atlantic Ocean than states farther south, Massachusetts ...

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His parents were Orthodox Jews who immigrated to the United States ... billionaire Ross Perot announced his presidential bid on the show. In 1993 ...

The city was once the fourth largest in the United States, but since ... casino gaming, the largest city in the United States to do so. Detroit ...

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Taiwan is among the most densely populated states, and is the most populous ... The ROC is no longer a member of the United Nations, having been replaced ...

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the Appalachia/Upland South region of the United States. West Virginia broke ... West Virginia is one of the Border States. The state's Northern ...

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Vermont is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United ... Vermont became the 14th state to join the United States, following a 14-year ...

from initial talks about founding the United Nations. Under de Gaulle ... policy, sometimes at odds with that of the United States in large measure due ...

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of two studies: a comparison of U.S. states with and without the death ... feelings about the candidates in the 2004 United States presidential election ...

and other forms that Bakhtin claims are united by a "carnival sense ... mild press scrutiny of the Barak Obama presidential campaign, for example ...

President from 1976 to 2006 (de jure until 2008), when he ceded power to his ... power as Cuba's Prime Minister. The United States opposed Castro's ...

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The United States of America—also referred to as the United States ... or (archaically) Columbia–is a federal republic of 50 states and ...

intense anti-communist suspicion in the United States in a period that lasted ... a great deal of debate and conflict in the United States. It is generally understood ...

the geographic center of the 48 contiguous states of the U.S.. commonly, and ... Today, Kansas is one of the most productive agricultural states, leading ...

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major civilizations, and is one of the few states that comprise the Cradle ... Its area roughly equals the size of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and ...

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