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 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : United States   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The United States may be regarded as an example of a constitutional republic or as a liberal democracy, with a government composed of and operating through a set of limited powers imposed by its design and enumerated in that design or Constitution of the United States of America.
The United States does not have an official language at federal level; nevertheless, American English is the first and/or only language of the overwhelming majority of the population and serves as the de facto official language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
Spanish follows English as the second-most spoken language in the United States, primarily due to the influence of recent Latin American immigrants and the fact that almost a fifth of its continental territory was originally part of Mexico, and it is a primary spoken language in some areas of the Southwest.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /United_States   (7173 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/United States
The United States of America—also referred to as the United States, the USA, the U.S. America, the States, and (poetically) Columbia—is a democratic federal republic of fifty states located primarily in central North America.
However, the structure of the United States was profoundly changed in 1788 when the states replaced the Articles of Confederation with the United States Constitution; often, sources use the date each of the original 13 states adopted the Constitution as the date on that state "entered the Union" (became part of the United States).
The United States does not have an official language at federal level; nevertheless, English is spoken by the vast majority of the population and serves as the de facto language: English is the language used for legislation, regulations, executive orders, treaties, federal court rulings, and all other official pronouncements.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/U.S.   (5129 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The United States of America
That river separates the United States from the Republic of Mexico until at the city of El Paso it turns northward; from that point to the Colorado River an arbitrary line marks the boundary of the two republics.
In examining the constitutionality of a state law one is to assume that the state legislature has power to pass all acts whatever, unless they are prohibited by the Constitution of the United States or by the constitution of the state.
It also provides that the citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states; for the return of fugitives from justice and for the admission of new states.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/15156a.htm   (21426 words)

  
 Republican Party (United States) Encyclopedia Articles @ ArtOfTexas.com (Art of Texas)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
On social issues the majority of its national and state candidates usually favor the death penalty, call for stronger state-level control on access to abortion, oppose the legalization of same-sex marriage, and favor faith-based initiatives.
In the early 20th century, the usual symbol of the Republican Party in Midwestern states such as Indiana and Ohio was the eagle, as opposed to the Democratic rooster.
In the wake of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, Bush pursued the War on Terrorism that included the invasion of Afghanistan, USA PATRIOT Act, and the Islamist Taliban regime was removed from power in Afghanistan, although al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has yet to be captured.
www.artoftexas.com /encyclopedia/Republican_Party_(United_States)   (6615 words)

  
 The Kentucky Abductions - Stanford, Kentucky, United States - January 6, 1976 - UFO Evidence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
January 6, 1976 was Mona Stafford's 36th birthday.
At first they thought it was a highway patrol car with its lights flashing, but soon they realized that the flying object had circled around and had come up behind them.
They saw a wide, brightly lit road ahead of them, and then, seconds later, the scene became Highway 78 and they recognized they were on the outskirts of Hustonville, a full eight miles from where they had just been.
www.ufoevidence.org /cases/case181.htm   (1124 words)

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