In every war of the United States since the Civil War the South was more belligerent than the rest of the country.

Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

National responsibility for individual welfare is a concept not limited to the United States or even to the Western nations.

( Since the time-span of the nation-state coincides roughly with the separate existence of the United States as an independent entity, it is perhaps natural for Americans to think of the nation as representative of the highest form of order, something permanent and unchanging.

In recent weeks, as a result of a sweeping defense policy reappraisal by the Kennedy Administration, basic United States strategy has been modified -- and large new sums allocated -- to meet the accidental-war danger and to reduce it as quickly as possible.

Its radar screens would register Soviet missiles shortly after they are launched against the United States.

In 1938, at the insistence of Arturo Toscanini, Steinberg left Germany for the United States, by way of Switzerland.

After he had spent the first three years in New York as associate conductor, at Toscanini's invitation, of the NBC Orchestra, he made numerous guest appearances throughout the United States and Latin America.

`` Then I return to the United States for engagements at the Hollywood Bowl and in Philadelphia '', he added.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

`` we the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America ''.

The 140,414 Americans who gave `` the last full measure of devotion '' to prevent disunion, preserved individual freedom in the United States from the dangers of anarchy, inherent in confederations, which throughout history have proved fatal in the end to all associations composed primarily of sovereign states, and to the liberties of their people.

There one finds concentrated in a comparatively small area the chief universities, colleges, and preparatory schools of the United States.

The rise of the giant corporations in Western Europe and the United States dates from the period 1880-1900.

He says: `` beside the Protestant philosophy of Progress, as expressed in radical or conservative millenarianism, should be placed the doctrine of the democratic faith which affirmed it to be the duty of the destiny of the United States to assist in the creation of a better world by keeping lighted the beacon of democracy ''.

During the next five years liberal leaders in the United States sank in the cumulative confusion attendant upon and manifested in a negative policy of Containment -- and the bitterest irony -- enforced and enforceable only by threat of a weapon that we felt the greatest distaste for but could not abandon: the atom bomb.

And here again we hear the same refrain mentioned above: `` the paramount goal of the United States set long ago was to guard the rights of the individual, ensure his development, enlarge his opportunity ''.

`` I arrived in the United States with the idea of establishing myself there more or less permanently and finding inspiration for new compositions ''.

This is the good kind of sophistication, and with all our problems and crises this kind of sophistication has flowered in the United States during recent years.

but Wright stayed in the United States.

Category: Sports originating in the United States

He was a member of the Melbourne Inter-University Debating team and the United Australia Organization ' A ' Grade debating team, and was president of both the Sports and Social Club and the Law Students ' Society.

The race is known in the United States as " The Most Exciting Two Minutes In Sports " or " The Fastest Two Minutes in Sports " for its approximate duration, and is also called " The Run for the Roses " for the blanket of roses draped over the winner.

In 2003, he was inducted into the United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame.

The Sports Car Club of America ( SCCA ) is a club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rallying, and autocross in the United States.

Category: Sports originating in the United States

Category: Sports originating in the United States

* August 16 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated magazine is published in the United States.

Freestyle BMX is now one of the staple events at the annual Summer X Games Extreme Sports competition and the Etnies Backyard Jam, held primarily on the East and West coasts of the United States.

Others include Perma-snow by John Nike Leisure / Techmat 2000, also in the UK and Astroride by NorCal Extreme Sports in the United States.

Amateur sports car racing throughout the United States is sanctioned by clubs such as the Sports Car Club of America.

Global Winnipeg produces the Fox Soccer Report for Fox Sports World Canada and Fox Soccer Channel in the United States, as well as other countries.

Many cable networks operate from Argentina and serve the Spanish-speaking world, including Utilísima Satelital, TyC Sports, Fox Sports en Español ( with the United States and México ), MTV Argentina, Cosmopolitan TV, and the news network Todo Noticias.

* ZKS Unia Tarnów-Zakładowy Klub Sportowy Unia Tarnów ( Workplace Sports Club United Tarnów )-Soccer team, currently in the I League in Polska Liga in 2005 / 2006 season.

The National is listed on the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed and Designated Events, ensuring it is broadcast live on free-to-air terrestrial television in the United Kingdom.

Category: Sports television networks in the United States

Fox Sports Networks ( abbreviated as FSN, and formerly known as Fox Sports Net ) is the collective name for a group of regional sports networks in the United States that are primarily owned and operated by the Fox Entertainment Group division of News Corporation.

* Their 1983 album Sports has sold 10 million copies in the United States according to the VH1 Behind the Music show on Huey Lewis and the News ( though it has only been certified seven times Platinum by the RIAA ).

* Sports: The best golfers in Europe and the United States begin competition for the 2002 Ryder Cup at The Belfry in England.

In 1985 Holt United left their ground at Jubilee Road, which was sold to finance the new Sports Centre complex on Kelling Road.

Winona is home to the headquarters of the Watkins Corporation, Fastenal, Hal Leonard Corporation, Thern Inc., RTP Company, We-No-Nah Canoe, United Building Centers, Badger Equipment Company, Winona Lighting, WinCraft Sports, and Winona Pattern & Mold.