The appointment of U Thant of Burma as the U.N.'s Acting Secretary General -- at this writing, the choice appears to be certain -- offers further proof that in politics it is more important to have no influential enemies than to have influential friends.

With the neutralists maintaining pressure for one of their own to succeed Mr. Hammarskjold, U Thant emerged as the only possible candidate unlikely to be waylaid by a veto.

U Thant of course, will hold office until the spring of 1963, when Mr. Hammarskjold's term would have come to an end.

the West may or not remain satisfied with the kind of neutralism that U Thant represents.

If Af are the projections associated with the primary decomposition of T, then each Af is a polynomial in T, and accordingly if a linear operator U commutes with T then U commutes with each of the Af, i.e., each subspace Af is invariant under U.

Near Q, both curves can be represented by analytic functions of U.

In a neighborhood of Q the difference between these functions is also a single-valued, analytic function of U.

The restrained gyro-stabilized platform with reasonable response characteristics operates with an approximate equation of motion, neglecting transient effects, as follows: Af where U is a torque applied about the output axis of the controlling gyro.

Lincoln's assassination was the first assassination of a U. S. president and sent the nation into mourning.

Lincoln has been consistently ranked by scholars and the public as one of the three greatest U. S. presidents.

In 1846, Lincoln was elected to the U. S. House of Representatives, where he served one two-year term.

Lincoln also supported the Wilmot Proviso, which, if it had been adopted, would have banned slavery in any U. S. territory won from Mexico.

Lincoln disapproved of slavery, and the spread of slavery to new U. S. territory in the west.

Douglas ' provision, which Lincoln opposed, specified settlers had the right to determine locally whether to allow slavery in new U. S. territory, rather than have such a decision restricted by the national Congress.

In late 1854, Lincoln ran as a Whig for the U. S. Senate seat from Illinois.

After the state Republican party convention nominated him for the U. S. Senate in 1858, Lincoln delivered his House Divided Speech, drawing on: " A house divided against itself cannot stand.

The stage was then set for the campaign for statewide election of the Illinois legislature which would, in turn, select Lincoln or Douglas as its U. S. senator.

Douglas said that Lincoln was defying the authority of the U. S. Supreme Court and the Dred Scott decision.

The U. S. Navy illegally intercepted a British merchant ship the Trent on the high seas and seized two Confederate envoys ; Britain protested vehemently while the U. S. cheered.

He argued before and during his election that the eventual extinction of slavery would result from preventing its expansion into new U. S. territory.

Anthropologists ' involvement with the U. S. government, in particular, has caused bitter controversy within the discipline.

Austin is the capital of the U. S. state of Texas.

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The land went through several administrative changes before becoming an organized ( or incorporated ) territory on May 11, 1912, and the 49th state of the U. S. on January 3, 1959.

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* Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, U. S. law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability

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In the U. S. federal court system, criminal defendants must file a notice of appeal within 10 days of the entry of either the judgment or the order being appealed, or the right to appeal is forfeited.

Many U. S. jurisdictions title their appellate court a court of appeal or court of appeals.

It was named Money magazine's Best Place to Live in the U. S. in 2006, # 2 in 2008, and # 6 in 2010.

* The Money Machines: An account of U. S. ATM history ; By Ellen Florian, Fortune. com

In 1935 and 1936, she was listed in the annual " Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars ", which was compiled from the votes of movie exhibitors throughout the U. S. for the stars who had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year.

Without Reservations grossed $ 3 million in the U. S., and the overall popularity of Colbert's films during 1946 led to her making a final appearance in the " Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars ".

Jezebel marked the beginning of the most successful phase of Davis's career, and over the next few years she was listed in the annual " Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars ", which was compiled from the votes of movie exhibitors throughout the U. S. for the stars that had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year.

It has the eighth lowest crime rate per population in the U. S., and the city was ranked in Money Magazine's 2007 list of " Best Places to Live: Top 100 " in the U. S., placing at number 91.

Similarly, in an article by CNN Money, Yorba Linda was one of the richest U. S. cities and the richest in Orange County as reported by the Census data, showing a median household income of more than $ 120K: " Among towns of between 65, 000 and 250, 000 in population, Yorba Linda, California, where six-figure incomes are the rule, had the highest median income at $ 121, 075 "

Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will counties in the U. S. state of Illinois ; it was voted the second-best place to live in the United States by Money magazine in 2006.

The town was named one of the " 100 Best Places to Live in the U. S ." by Money Magazine in 2007.

In July 2006, CNN / Money and Money magazine ranked Wichita 9th on its list of the 10 best U. S. big cities in which to live.

In 2009, CNN Money Magazine listed North Potomac as one of the wealthiest best places to live in the U. S., describing it as, " a tony town that sits on the bank of the Potomac River ," and noting that " beautiful old estates, top-rated golf courses and a number of riding clubs in the area are available to those with a flair for fine living.

Money Magazine ranked Chatham Township as the 9th best place to live in the U. S. in its 2005 rankings of the " Best Places To Live ".

In 2007, Blacklick Estates was listed as the second most affordable place to live in the U. S. by Money on CNNMoney. com.

Riverton is one of the fastest-growing cities in the state of Utah, and was ranked by CNN Money Magazine as the 60th best place to live in the U. S. in 2005.

* Ray Cooney: Funny Money, Samuel French ( U. S. A .) acting edition, 151 pp. ( New York, 1995 ), ISBN 0-573-69560-1.

During this period, Loy was one of Hollywood's busiest and highest paid actresses, and in 1937 and 1938 she was listed in the annual " Quigley Poll of the Top Ten Money Making Stars ", which was compiled from the votes of movie exhibitors throughout the U. S. for the stars that had generated the most revenue in their theaters over the previous year.

In the August 1988 issue of Money magazine, Danbury topped the magazine's list of the best U. S. cities to live in, mostly due to low crime, good schools, and location.

Similarly, M was a one-hit wonder in the U. S. with the 1979 # 1 pop hit " Pop Muzik ," but in the UK, where the original " Pop Muzik " hit # 2, the improbably titled " Moonlight & Muzak " made it to # 33, a re-mix of " Pop Muzik " hit # 15 in 1989 and two other singles (" That's the Way the Money Goes " and " Official Secrets ") charted, albeit missing the UK top 40.

Barbara Bush became the first U. S. First Lady to become a recipient of the Henry G. Freeman Jr. Pin Money Fund, receiving $ 36, 000, most of which she gave to favorite charities.

He found himself in conflict with fellow New Orleans rappers signed to Cash Money Records including U. N. L. V., Lil Wayne and B. G ..

* The trilogy, U. S. A. by John Dos Passos, is published containing his three novels The 42nd Parallel ( 1930 ), 1919 ( 1932 ), and The Big Money ( 1936 ).

* Pennsylvania v. New York — Question before the U. S. Supreme Court: when Western Union Money orders are supposed to escheat to the state if not fully redeemed, what state is to get the money?

With collaborators such as Cam ' ron and N. O. R. E., Baltimore recorded her debut album Cold as Ice which featured tracks like " Money ", " Pimp Da 1 U Love ", " N. B. C.