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 South America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geographically, South America is generally considered a continent forming the southern portion of the American landmass, south and east of the Panama Canal transecting the Isthmus of Panama.
South America is home to many interesting and unique species of animals including the llama, anaconda, pirana, jaguar, vicuna, and tapir.
This has led to major highs and lows in the economy of South American states, often also causing political instability.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/South_America   (2293 words)

  
 Ferrari America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
All America models used a live axle in the rear, were front-engined, and had worm and sector steering.
Ferrari America specs and images. Ultimatecarpage.com.  URL accessed on October 2005.
Ferrari's highest-end models in the 1950s and 1960s were the Americas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferrari_America   (523 words)

  
 Central America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Physiographically, Central America is a narrow isthmus of southern North America extending from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Mexico southeastward to the Isthmus of Panama where it connects to the Colombian Pacific Lowlands in northwestern South America.
The UN subregion of Central America includes all mainland states of North America south of the United States—including Mexico—while the European Union excludes Belize and Mexico from its definition of the region.
There was a nation of Central America in the early 19th century, consisting of the present day nations of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (and a portion of the modern Mexican state of Chiapas).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Central_America   (383 words)

  
 Shuttle America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Shuttle America (IATA: S5, ICAO: TCF, and Callsign: Shuttlecraft) is a regional carrier based in Indianapolis, Indiana that feeds United Airlines flights at United's hubs in Chicago, Illinois, Denver, Colorado, and Washington, D.C. as United Express.
Shuttle America also offers airline operations as Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines, from Delta's hubs in New York City and Salt Lake City, Utah.
Shuttle America currently operates the Embraer ERJ 170 on their flights.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shuttle_America   (173 words)

  
 Middle America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Middle America is an American colloquialism used—in contrast to "coastal America"—to describe a region of the United States that, geographically, comprises the bulk of the nation.
Geographically, the label "Middle America" refers to the territory between the East (particularly the Northeast) and West coasts of the United States, and may refer to the inland portions of coastal states, especially if they are rural.
The idea of "Middle America" may exclude such locations as Chicago (the third-largest city in the United States and one of the world's ten Alpha world cities) and the very wealthy Aspen, Colorado.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Middle_America_(US)   (550 words)

  
 Hello America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hello America is a science fiction novel by J G Ballard, first published in 1980.
Most of the Apollo's crew are descended from expatriate Americas - the protagonist is a 20-ish boy who grew up in the American Ghetto in Dublin, for instance - and have become mostly assimilated into European society, but still feel some vague draw to the abandoned continent to the west.
Though the exact date is never specifically mentioned in the book, internal references suggest that it takes place around 2080 AD, (though dates as early as 2070 or so have been suggested) several generations after an ecological collapse rendered North America virtually unlivable.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hello_America   (610 words)

  
 America: colonial history to 1783 - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about America: colonial history to 1783
The French claimed all North America, except the Hudson Bay region and the strip of British colonies on the Atlantic coast.
It was left to Christopher Columbus, who was sponsored by the Spanish crown, to make the first accurately documented landing in the Americas, on 12 October 1492.
The wars of Europe had their repercussions in America.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /America:+colonial+history+to+1783   (2572 words)

  
 Austin Antique Automobiles: Oldmotors Feature
Austin's were once again imported to the U.S. starting in the late summer and fall of 1947.
Austin never put their badge on the Metro (probably a good decision) but chose to market it simply as the Metropolitan 1500.
By 1933 sales were so poor that the business coupe price dropped to only $275 and the roadster to $315.
www.oldmotors.com /ftr-austin.htm   (2572 words)

  
 South America - MSN Encarta
The lowest point in South America (40 m/ 131 ft below sea level) is on Península Valdés in eastern Argentina, and the greatest elevation (6,960 m/22,834 ft) is atop Aconcagua in western Argentina, the highest peak in the Western Hemisphere.
The coastline of South America is relatively regular except in the extreme south and southwest, where it is indented by numerous fjords.
South America has a 2006 estimated population of 376 million, or 6 percent of the world's people.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761574914/South_America.html   (1003 words)

  
 Road America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Road America is a road course racetrack in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.
Road America is located in historic Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin and the city is a significant landmark for automobile racing history in the United States.
The original street races, called road racing, were organized by members of the Chicago Region of SCCA and the Village of Elkhart Lake.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Road_America   (799 words)

  
 North America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Geopolitically, Northern America is sometimes used to refer to Canada and the United States together (plus Greenland, Bermuda, and St. Pierre and Miquelon), while Central America is mainland North America south of the U.S. The term Middle America is sometimes used to refer to Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean collectively.
North America occupies the northern portion of the landmass generally referred to as the New World, the Western Hemisphere, the Americas, or simply America.
Greenland, a Danish self-governing island and the world's largest, is part of North America geographically and on the same tectonic plate (the North American Plate) but is not considered to be part of the continent politically.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_America   (1028 words)

  
 Middle class - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A modern threat to the middle class is downsizing in many sectors of the American economy, competition from lower-paid foreign workers and contractors, and the systematic elimination of unionized labor.
Descending from this distinction, the phrase "middle class" came to be used in the United Kingdom during the 18th century to describe the professional and business class, as distinct from both the titled nobility and the landed gentry on the one hand and the agricultural and (increasingly) industrial laborers on the other.
Here the middle class is defined by a similar income level as semi-professionals or business owners; by a shared culture of domesticity and sub-urbanity; and by a level of relative security against social crisis in the form of socially desired skill or wealth.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Middle_class   (1407 words)

  
 Latin America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Latin America is the region of the Americas where Romance languages – those derived from Latin – are officially or primarily spoken.
The population of Latin America is an amalgam of ethnic groups.
Relations of Latin America with the United States
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Latin_America   (2484 words)

  
 Hispanic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hispanic, as used in the United States, is one of several terms used to categorize U.S. immigrants for whose background hail either from Spain, the Spanish -speaking countries of Latin America or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United States.
Hispanics with mostly Caucasoid or Negroid features may not be recognized as such by many people, despite the ethnic and racial diversity of most Latin American populations.
The Incaic sun represents the light shining on the continent (America).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hispanic_American   (2484 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: French America/History
It was recaptured by the French in 1779 during the American Revolutionary War but returned in 1783 in Treaty of Paris.
Haiti, called Saint Domingue by the French, was first settled in 1625 with French rights confirmed by the Spanish in the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697.
French Guiana was first settled by the French in 1604.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/French-America/History   (2484 words)

  
 Air America Radio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Air America Radio has a definite political orientation, and many broadcasts could be described as advocacy journalism or editorial and opinion pieces, but, in keeping with many of the principles of journalism ethics and standards, the hosts distinguish their own opinions from the factual reporting.
Air America Radio's early promotions humorously describe the network as further to the left than a number of well-known right-wing groups, such as the NRA and the John Birch Society, as well as the fictional and apolitical character Betty Crocker.
Defenders point to Air America stations' performance nationwide, which has trended generally upward, and in markets including Los Angeles (where listenership on station KTLK has tripled since the beginning of the year) and Portland, Oregon (where station KPOJ ranks second among AM stations and fifth overall).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Air_America_Radio   (3950 words)

  
 Air America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Air America was a CIA airline 'proprietary', a commercial organization secretly controlled by the CIA, that supplied covert operations in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.
CAT attempted to change its name to Air America at the same time, but objections from Air France and American Airlines delayed the name change for two years.
Air America pilots were the only known private US corporation employees to operate non-FAA certified military aircraft in a combat role.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Air_America   (808 words)

  
 Spanish language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spanish is also spoken by segments of the populations in Aruba, Canada, Curaçao, Israel (both standard Spanish and Ladino), northern Morocco (both standard Spanish and Ladino), Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey (Ladino), and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Spanish ceased to be an official language of the Philippines in 1987, and it is now spoken by less than 0.01% of the population; 2,658 speakers (1990 Census).
Spanish is one of the official languages of the United Nations and the European Union.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Spanish_language   (2479 words)

  
 America Sings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carousel Theater sat empty for ten years, until America Sings was replaced by Innoventions, a version of the Epcot attraction of the same name, in 1998.
The show's M.C. 's were an American bald eagle named Sam (voiced by Burl Ives) and an unnamed owl (voiced by Sam Edwards).
America Sings was a show at Disneyland at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California, from 1974 to 1988.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/America_Sings   (508 words)

  
 America Online - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about America Online
America Online was launched in 1986 with a bright, colourful graphical interface and a marketing campaign that issued free disks on almost every US magazine cover.
America Online grew from 500,000 subscribers in 1993 to 5 million in 1996, 15 million in 1998, and 26 million in 2000, and 34 million by April 2002, with 26 million of these in the USA.
It quickly became the UK's largest online service, until the arrival of Freeserve.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /America%20Online   (316 words)

  
 Cruise Critic Reviews: Holland America Line
Holland America may now be a U.S.-based cruise line but it continues to maintain strong ties with its Netherlands heritage.
Holland America offers some special-touch services not found on other cruise lines.
Holland America ships have numerous traditions that are consistent throughout the ship, such as afternoon tea, gentleman hosts for dancing, and a quaint "chime ringing" to announce dinner.
www.cruisecritic.com /reviews/cruiseline.cfm?CruiseLineID=21   (1753 words)

  
 Ferrari - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ferrari did in fact produce one racecar, the Tipo 815, in the non-competition period; it was thus the first actual Ferrari car, but due to World War II it saw little competition.
Ferrari left the horse black as it had been on Baracca's plane; however, he added a canary yellow background because it was the symbolic color of his birthplace, Modena.
Ferrari entered the mid-engined 12-cylinder fray with the flattened Berlinetta Boxer in 1971.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ferrari   (1732 words)

  
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Following the European colonization of the Americas, the United States became the world's first modern democracy after its break with Great Britain, with a Declaration of Independence in 1776.
The original political structure was a confederation in 1777, ratified in 1781 as the Articles of Confederation.
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 History of Central America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Central American liberals had high hopes for the federal republic, which they believed would evolve into a modern, democratic nation, enriched by trade crossing through it between the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans.
Central America is composed of six independent nations: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
On 1 July 1823, the congress of Central America declared absolute independence from Spain, Mexico, and any other foreign nation, and a Republican system of government was established.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/History_of_Central_America   (1053 words)

  
 Carlin America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carlin America is an independent music publishing conglomerate with a catalog of over 100,000 titles.
Imprints of Carlin America, from the Music Publishers' Association website
Carlin America owns the rights to all or part of the following publishing imprints:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carlin_America   (270 words)

  
 BBC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BBC 2 was broadcast in colour from July 1, 1967, and was joined by BBC 1 and ITV on November 15, 1969.
In March 2003 the BBC announced that from the end of May 2003 (subsequently deferred to 14 July) it intended to transmit all eight of its domestic television channels (including the 15 regional variations of BBC 1) unencrypted from the Astra 2D satellite.
BBC Worldwide also maintains the publishing arm of the BBC and it is the third-largest publisher of consumer magazines in the United Kingdom [1].
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BBC   (3987 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: BBC America
BBC America is the BBC Worldwide owned-and-operated television network in the United States, which was launched on March 29, 1998, available on both cable and satellite.
BBC America is distributed in association with Discovery Networks, the parent company of the Discovery Channel, which also handles the affiliate and advertising sales.
BBC America caused some dismay to some viewers when it dropped the soap opera EastEnders in October 2003, but it argued that the show was one of the channel's least popular, although EastEnders, along with other BBC programming, also appears on PBS stations.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/BBC-America   (1677 words)

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