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  • syndicate dedicated to the illegal traffic of alcoholic beverages during ... By the end of the 1920s, Capone had gained the attention of the Federal ...
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  • The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a state located in the Middle ... One of Pennsylvania's nicknames is the Quaker State; in colonial ...
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  • in Washington, D.C. honoring members of the U.S. armed forces who fought ... The main part of the memorial, which was completed in 1982, is located ...
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  • Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America ... metropolitan area, the sixth-largest in the United States with a population ...
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  • and the ninth-largest city in the United States, located in the north-central ... Dallas is the main economic center of the 12 county Dallas, Fort Worth ...
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  • Baseball who is widely regarded as one of the greatest right-handed power ... Nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast" by the press ...
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  • city located in the southwestern corner of the continental United States ... metropolitan area. It lies along the Pacific Ocean at San Diego Bay ...
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  • is the capital of Kanagawa Prefecture and, with a population of 3 ... Yokohama was nearly destroyed by the Kanto Earthquake in 1923, and ...
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  • The Grand Canyon is a very colorful, steep-sided gorge, carved by ... Geologists estimate that formation of the canyon required at least ...
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  • under equipped police force, in 1948, to one of the world's most advanced ... South Korea maintains one of the largest standing armies in the world ...
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  • The foreign policy of the United States is officially conducted by ... The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States ...
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  • The Federalist Papers are a series of 85 articles arguing for the ... The articles were written by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and ...
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  • Hoover Dam is a concrete gravity-arch dam in the Black Canyon of the ... Elwood Mead who oversaw the construction of the dam. Listed on the National ...
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  • marshland located in the southern portion of the U.S. State of Florida. ... lies within the Florida Everglades. The area is home to rare and endangered ...
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  • to the genus Hippoglossus from the family of right-eye flounders (Pleuronectidae ... The Atlantic halibut is native to the temperate waters of the northern ...
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  • is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California ... Due to its isolation by the cold, strong, hazardous currents of San ...
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  • The State of Wyoming is a state in the western region of the United ... Wyoming has the distinction of being a state that provided several ...
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  • Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United ... The area's fertile soil and warm climate gave rise to the early ...
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  • in population among cities in the United States. In 2007, the population ... metropolitan area was the fifth-largest in the United States. A commercial ...
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  • The World Bank Group is a group of five international organizations ... for project evaluation are highly valued by some, and have been adopted ...
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